The director of NASA’s heliophysics division is cautiously optimistic that a major mission targeted for cancellation in the agency’s budget proposal will be saved.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio won a $26.1 million contract to build a space weather instrument for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […]

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The outgoing administrator of NASA says he is “basically optimistic” about the future of the agency under the person proposed by President-elect Donald Trump to be his successor despite the strong possibility of significant changes to Artemis.

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A new decadal survey for solar and space physics recommends that NASA’s heliophysics program pursue two billion-dollar missions even as the agency proposes to cancel a recommendation from the previous decadal.

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WASHINGTON — NASA has further delayed the next two Artemis missions to the moon, pushing back the first crewed landing of the program to the middle of 2027. At a […]

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President-elect Donald Trump has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who has commanded two SpaceX commercial spaceflights, as his choice to be the next administrator of NASA.

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A NASA mission to Venus already delayed by three years because of institutional issues is seeking to avoid another delay of nearly a year and a half.

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NASA estimated it would have to cancel up to four commercial lunar lander missions and delay up to four more to fly a rover mission the agency announced in July it planned to cancel.

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NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch a multibillion-dollar mission to Saturn’s moon Titan in 2028.

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Hatches between a Russian module and the rest of the International Space Station were closed hours after a Progress cargo spacecraft docking Nov. 23 when the station’s crew reported an “unexpected odor” from the spacecraft.

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NASA plans to use cargo versions of Artemis lunar landers under development by Blue Origin and SpaceX to deliver a pressurized rover and surface habitat to the lunar surface in the early 2030s.

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If President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk get their way, NASA may become a glorified contracting agency.  As Musk promises the American public “temporary hardship” as he looks to cut […]

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Intuitive Machines suggested the need for “reformulation” of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign to accommodate budget issues and delays.

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SAN FRANCISCO – The San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) won a $60 million contract to build three coronagraphs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Under the contract, awarded Nov. […]

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A Chinese official expressed willingness to cooperate with the United States in space exploration, interest that appears unlikely to be reciprocated.

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Denmark is the latest country to john the Artemis Accords, the 48th country to sign the document outlining best practices for sustainable space exploration.

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NASA and Roscosmos continue to disagree on the cause and severity of an air leak in the Russian segment of the International Space Station, one that NASA worries could lead to a “catastrophic failure” of part of a Russian module.

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Imagine a future where global travel takes mere hours. Where a flight from New York to Tokyo is faster than watching a movie. This is the promise of hypersonics: speeds […]

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The upcoming presidential transition will be unlike any other in recent history at NASA, thanks in large part to the potentially disruptive influence of Elon Musk, warned veterans of past transitions.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off about 5% of its staff this week because of budget cuts, the second such major layoff at the center in less than a year.

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A NASA astrophysics mission remains on schedule to launch in April after teams went “above and beyond” to fix a problem with one component of the spacecraft that could also affect two other missions.

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All the major elements of NASA’s next flagship space telescope are now under one roof as NASA says its development remains on cost and schedule.

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NASA has extended three contracts with companies to continue providing transportation of cargo to and from the International Space Station through the projected end of the station’s life in 2030.

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The three NASA astronauts who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission declined to discuss the medical issue that prompted a trip to the hospital after their return and, for one of them, an overnight stay.

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