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NASA sinks science center during shutdown, critics warn
NASA’s premier research hub, the flagship science center, is reportedly “sinking” due to the ongoing government shutdown. Critics argue that this deterioration not only threatens the center’s infrastructure but may also be a violation of federal laws that govern facility maintenance and employee furloughs.
Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief Sean Duffy spilled into the open, with potentially profound consequences for the U.
NASA has been slashing programs all year, including throwing the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) out of its building, asking employees to take buyouts, and defunding some of its most important research centers.
By 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades – will be no more.
“Most workers have indicated a willingness to continue the work in the event of contract funding running out prior to the government reopening,” a NASA official told the Ars Technica website. The official noted that Artemis II contracts are only funded through early November.
Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA has recently managed to complete a major milestone as part of the organization’s effort to send astronauts back to the moon.
X-59 takes its maiden flight from Lockheed's Skunk Works in Palmdale to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
NASA's proposed 2026 budget is dramatically smaller than its current budget. Many NASA science missions face cuts or cancellation. Some major telescopes and planetary exploration projects are at risk. Congress may change the proposed budget. Each of these ...
A NASA union claims there's been a total collapse in the information chain connecting the space agency to the US government.