NASA spending on astronaut health-care services jumped more than 9,000% before the Artemis II launch in April, though it wasn’t enough to prevent a medical market-wide slip in contracting dollars in the first half of fiscal 2026, according to Bloomberg Government analysis.
The Johnson Space Center awarded $88.8 million to SGT Inc. under a medical services research support contract in fiscal 2026 — eight times more than NASA’s annual average spending on medical services in the last 10 full fiscal years. The award still makes up a small portion of NASA’s $8 billion in total procurement dollars.
The contract, called ...