NASA to Kim Kardashian: We've Been to the Moon Six Times

(Reuters) -In a testament to Kim Kardashian's power to grab the spotlight, the head of NASA felt compelled this week to set ...

Igor Levitas: About Trump, cartoon characters and love of money

EADaily, October 31st, 2025. It is difficult now for Western, and not only Western political observers and analysts. Almost ...

NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the ...

‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost in Space’ actress June Lockhart dead at 100

During the Golden Age of Hollywood, Lockhart starred in a mixture of iconic roles, including “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944), ...
Reuters

Former NASA nominee Jared Isaacman in talks to become agency's chief

Oct 14 - Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and Elon Musk ally who was removed from consideration to lead NASA earlier this year, met with Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy last week as a ...
Forbes

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Cutting 550 Jobs—But Not Due To Government Shutdown, Director Says

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off about 550 workers, the California research lab said, in a restructuring move that its director told employees was not related to the ongoing government ...
THE WEEK

5 hilariously pointed cartoons about the government shutdown blame game

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the ...
Wired

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Wins Contract to Take NASA Rover to the Moon

The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of delivering a payload to the moon in an upcoming mission. NASA’s VIPER lunar rover ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA furloughs 83% of its federal workforce, more than 15,000 workers, during government shutdown

NASA has furloughed more than 15,000 employees, 83% of its federal workforce, as a result of the government shutdown. A plan sent to the Office of Management and Budget details NASA’s shutdown ...
Florida Today

What happens at Kennedy Space Center during government shutdown? What to know about NASA

The vast majority of NASA's employees could be furloughed and all but its most critical operations – including management of the International Space Station – are likely to be paused. Many NASA ...
Futurism

Whistleblowers Say NASA Is Poised to Kill an Astronaut

NASA whistleblowers claim that President Donald Trump’s drastic changes to the space agency are imperiling safety to such a degree that insiders have become “very concerned that we’re going to see an ...
USA Today

Do rockets still launch during a government shutdown? How NASA could feel the effects

Of more than 18,000 workers employed at NASA, about 82.8% of them would be sent home without pay – or furloughed – during a government shutdown. Even if the government were to shut down, NASA's ...