America’s Next NASA Administrator May Be Former SpaceX Astronaut Jared Isaacman

America’s next president “announced Wednesday he has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire businessman and space enthusiast who twice flew to orbit with SpaceX, to become the next NASA administrator,” reports Ars Technica:

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Supercon 2023: Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer

Humans first visited the Moon in 1969.  The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the Apollo program made their journeys in spacecraft …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer

After Silence, NASA’s Voyager Finally Phones Home – With a Device Unused Since 1981

Somewhere off in interstellar space, 15.4 billion miles away from Earth, NASA’s 47-year-old Voyager “recently went quiet,” reports Mashable.
The probe “shut off its main radio transmitter for communicating with mission control…”
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NASA Astronaut in Good Health After Experiencing ‘Medical Issue’ After SpaceX Splashdown

“After safely splashing down on Earth as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission Friday, a NASA astronaut experienced a medical issue,” NASA reported Friday.

But today there’s an update:

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