U.S. Secretary of State Rubio declined to comment on reports that U.S. ambassador to Greece Gilfoyle threatened the U.S. could undermine the Greek government.

NASA will announce a bulk procurement of rocket launch services to support its roughly $30 billion programme to build a permanent lunar base for long-term human habitation and operations. The move signals a new procurement approach. With commercial space demand rising and the industry facing launch-capacity constraints, NASA seeks to pre-empt bottlenecks by purchasing multiple types of launch services in advance to broaden options for future cargo deliveries to the lunar surface.

EIA October projection for U.S. natural gas production this year 112.2 bcf/d, prior 111.7 bcf/d.