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Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget – how NASA uses simulations

Analog missions are designed to simulate the crew's experience in a given mission plan. In some cases, they simulate surface ...
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NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say

The Senate's report supports Space.com's findings, stating, "as early as June 2025, NASA began 'implementing immediately' ...
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Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture

Two former NASA administrators criticized the agency’s current approach to using SpaceX’s Starship for the Artemis 3 crewed ...

NASA test flight seeks to help bring commercial supersonic travel back

The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...

NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

NASA and Lockheed Martin have successfully tested a supersonic jet designed to minimize noise. The X-59 jet took its first ...

SpaceX pitches NASA 'simplified' Starship moon landing plan amid progress concerns

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday said it proposed to NASA a simplified plan to send humans to the moon using its Starship ...

New NASA lunar contest could pit Elon Musk against Jeff Bezos, as US fears China will win race to moon

The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans to the lunar surface in half a century. But there's a developing twist: an emerging competition between ...

Ace Frehley Fans Launch NASA Campaign to Give KISS Guitarist an Honorary Title

Ace Frehley died at the age of 74, and KISS fans are petitioning NASA to give the legendary guitarist a title worthy of his ...
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Head of NASA Threatens to Ground Every Single Commercial Flight Before Thanksgiving

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy threatened to ground all commercial flights in the United States amid a prolonged ...

Is 3I/ATLAS visible in sky and why NASA is not able to get a clear picture? Here's how scientists track interstellar comet and astronomers capture first post-perihelion image

Is 3I/ATLAS visible in sky and why NASA is not able to get clear picture? The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has reappeared ...

NASA Has Been Implementing Huge Budget Cuts That Congress Might Not Actually Make

Space.com has an excellent report on what's been going on, indicating that Trump appointees have been directing NASA to ...

Capitol Hill is abuzz with talk of the “Athena” plan for NASA

The Athena plan lays out a blueprint for Isaacman’s tenure at NASA, seeking to return the space agency to “achieving the near impossible,” focusing on leading the world in human space exploration, ...