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Despite recent test failures, NASA has added SpaceX’s Starship to its Launch Services Program contract, allowing it to compete for future science missions once it achieves a successful orbital flight. Florida Today reports: NASA announced the addition … Continue reading NASA Adds SpaceX’s Starship To Launch Services Program Fleet→

NASA is considering “closing its headquarters and scattering responsibilities among the states,” reports Politico, citing two people familiar with the plan.

“The proposal could affect up to 2,500 jobs and redistribute critical functions, including who… Continue reading NASA Considers Eliminating Its Headquarters in Washington D.C.→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Last week, Aix Marseille University, France’s largest university, invited American scientists who believe their work is at risk of being censored by Donald Trump administration’s anti-science policies… Continue reading NASA, Yale, and Stanford Scientists Consider ‘Scientific Exile’→

NASA is eliminating approximately 20 positions, including its chief scientist and roles related to technology, policy, and diversity. The move, as part of a Trump administration effort to reduce staffing, “could be a harbinger of deeper cuts to NASA’s … Continue reading NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs At Its Headquarters→

NASA has begun shutting down science instruments aboard the twin Voyager spacecraft to extend their 47-year journey through interstellar space, officials said. Voyager 1’s cosmic ray subsystem was deactivated on February 25, while Voyager 2’s low-energ… Continue reading NASA is Making Sacrifices To Keep the Voyager Mission Alive→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Science: On March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost made history, becoming the first commercial lunar lander to successfully touchdown on the moon’s surface. The groundbreaking lander is wasting no time … Continue reading NASA Uses GPS On the Moon For the First Time→