NASA rehearses moon launch again
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For five years the Mars Rover has been exploring without the aid of maps, GPS or even a brief idea of where it’s going without the help of people on Earth feeding it information
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What did a NASA scientist just say about city-killing asteroids and the alleged damage they could do?
A NASA scientist has warned that thousands of city-killing asteroids could strike Earth, and there’s currently no defense humanity could use to stop them.
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NASA’s most ambitious Mars mission is falling apart
Mars Sample Return was supposed to be NASA’s crowning achievement in planetary science—bringing pristine Martian rock back to Earth to search for ancient life. Instead, spiraling costs, schedule delays,
She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a city.
Withholding congressionally appropriated NASA science funds signals a broader crisis of democratic governance, not just
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed NASA to temporarily pause funding for a number of science missions. The move aligns with the White House’s proposed cuts for NASA’s 2026 budget, which were later restored by Congress.
Officials have directed the space agency to pause funds for a host of science missions the White House originally pushed to cancel in its 2026 budget request, according to a letter sent to the agency’s centers from NASA headquarters and obtained by POLITICO.
NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice.
NASA and Vast are teaming up so that the aerospace company can send four private astronauts to the ISS in 2027 following a launch in Cape Canaveral.
NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with "Subscribe." NASA is allowing everyday citizens to take part in ...
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NASA races clock to rescue Swift Observatory before it crashes to Earth
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a 21-year-old space telescope that has tracked gamma-ray bursts and cosmic explosions since 2004, is losing altitude fast enough that the agency has suspended most of its science work and hired a private company to attempt an emergency orbit boost.