Orion
A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 4 domains, including Europe Politics, Iran Regime and Middle East.
Coverage of Orion is holding steady : 4 signals on the latest tracked day, down 50% from its three-week baseline of 8, across 4 domains (down from 5 a week ago). That makes it the #335 most-covered of the 337 concerns we track.
Orion is steady by its own history. Its normal rhythm is about 8 signals a day across 4 domains (11 tracked days). A real move would be a day at 10+ signals — 25% above that baseline, the bar our trend read calls accelerating — or a spread into domains beyond its usual 4. That is the move that would push it up the Wire.
What’s changed
5 of the last 7 tracked days ran below the three-week baseline — a sustained cooling, not a one-day dip.
- ResilienX Selected for NASA SBIR Phase II to Advance ORION Airspace Coordination System for Wildfire and Disaster Response · Google News · 2026-09-21
- Artemis III SLS stacking advances as Orion results confirm trajectory fix · NASASpaceflight · 2026-09-07
- Artemis II pilot thanks NASA for letting him fly Orion by hand: 'I'm still blown away by that trust' · Space.com · 2026-08-16
- nT-Tao and Orion Nuclear Energy Corporation Announce · GlobeNewswire · 2026-09-21 · usually covers Natural Fibers
- Mosaic launches Orion automated 3D printing platform for custom orthotics · 3D Printing Industry · 2026-09-16 · usually covers Additive Manufacturing
- NASA Phase II Award Advances ORION Airspace Coordination - Unmanned Systems Technology · SBIR/STTR (Google News) · 2026-08-25 · usually covers Innovation
What the reporting says
Across 102 tracked stories from 53 outlets, reporting on Orion most often describes launches or releases (11), award (2), meetings or visits (2), acquisition (2), military action (2), disaster (2).
It shows up alongside Artemis (44), NASA (56), Earth (39), Artemis Iii (25), Blue Origin (17), SpaceX (26), Artemis Iv (13), Space Launch System (10).
Two steps out: Falcon (through NASA, 56 shared stories on the weaker link); Kennedy Space Center (through NASA, 56 shared stories on the weaker link); Mars (through NASA, 56 shared stories on the weaker link); Naics (through NASA, 56 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since Apr 12, with coverage on 53 separate days — concentrated in Aerospace Defense and Space Industry.