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fromTheregister
5 days ago

NASA planet hunter back online after low power problem

TESS resumed science operations on January 23 after exiting safe mode caused by solar-panel misalignment and battery discharge during a slew.
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Billionaire NASA Head Offers Bizarre Perk for Top Staff

Back in 2024, before he was even sworn in, president Donald Trump announced that billionaire tech founder and SpaceX space tourist Jared Isaacman would take the helm of the space agency - only to change his mind after months of bureaucratic chaos, poorly implemented budget cuts, and a major falling out with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. A year later, though, Trump came around again on Isaacman,
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fromNature
2 weeks ago
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NASA won't bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

fromNature
2 weeks ago
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NASA won't bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

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fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science

Congress restored NASA science funding to $7.25 billion and rejected terminating the SLS and Orion programs, while slightly reducing Exploration funding to $7.78 billion.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

We'll beat China to the Moon, NASA nominee declares

The US must return astronauts to the Moon before China mounts its first crewed landing there, NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman predicted on Wednesday.
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

One NASA science mission saved from Trump's cuts, but others still in limbo

This is good, but in the meantime, it means that science personnel is being defunded,
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fromArs Technica
4 months ago

Congress and Trump may compromise on the SLS rocket by axing its costly upper stage

NASA faces budget uncertainty that could halt dozens of science missions and shape the future of the Artemis Program and SLS rocket.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

Opinion: Trump wants to disable NASA satellites measuring C02. Congress must not let him.

Decommissioning OCO-2 and OCO-3 would end critical global CO2 monitoring, undermining agriculture, defense, economic planning, climate restoration, and U.S. remote-sensing leadership.
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fromTheregister
7 months ago

Ex-NASA Admin pick blames Musk ties for pulled nomination

Isaacman's nomination for NASA Administrator withdrew due to political connections and timing around Elon Musk's departure from a government role.
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