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Boeing “will return its Starliner capsule from the International Space Station without the NASA astronauts,” reports CNBC. Though they’ve been on the space station since early June, the plan is to have them stay “for about six more months before flying… Continue reading NASA Says SpaceX Will Bring Boeing’s Starliner Astronauts Back to Earth – in February→

NASA’s 2022 DART mission “successfully demonstrated how a fast-moving spacecraft could change an asteroid’s trajectory by crashing into it,” remembers Gizmodo, “potentially providing a way to defend Earth — though the asteroid in this test was ne… Continue reading NASA Smashed into an Asteroid in 2022. The Debris Could End Up Reaching Earth→

NASA chief Bill Nelson didn’t mince words about the agency’s budget crunch. “You can’t put 10 pounds of potatoes in a five-pound sack,” he told ArsTechnica in an interview, addressing $4.7 billion in cuts over two years.

To scientists fretting over a… Continue reading NASA Chief To Scientists on Budget Cuts: ‘I Feel Your Pain’→

Slashdot reader echo123 shared this report from Ars Technica:

The NASA program to develop a new upper stage for the Space Launch System rocket is seven years behind schedule and significantly over budget, a new report from the space agency’s inspecto… Continue reading A New Report Finds Boeing’s Rockets Are Built With an Unqualified Work Force→