5 Ways NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Will Make Spaceflight History

The first crewed spaceflight of NASA’s Artemis program will break records, achieve historic firsts, and pave the way for ...

Artemis 2 mission update: Rollout imminent as NASA prepares first crewed Artemis mission to the moon

NASA's Artemis 2 rollout could be as early as this weekend as the space agency makes final preparations for its first crewed ...

NASA's towering SLS moon rocket could be rolled out soon in Florida

The towering rocket that will help propel a group of astronauts on NASA's first human moon mission in half-a-century may soon ...

NASA's 1st human moon mission in 50 years could be month out. What to know

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

Experts push back against cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...
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NASA Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary science community

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...
Reuters

Key NASA officials' departure casts more uncertainty over US moon program

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - (This Feb. 19 story has been corrected to say that the retirement announcements at a NASA center were made on prior dates, and that the officials' acting replacements ...
Futurism

Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA’s Moon Program

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Artemis program, arguing that the “Moon is a distraction” and that “we’re going straight to Mars” instead in a recent tweet — and directly ...
OPB

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA’s workforce, and will reduce the agency from 18,000 to 14,000 employees, NASA spokesperson Cheryl Warner said in a statement shared with NPR. The total ...
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NASA eyes a "warm backup" as a key lunar rover decision nears

NASA is closing in on a pivotal choice for the vehicle that will carry astronauts across the Moon, and the agency is quietly trying to buy itself an escape hatch. Instead of betting everything on a ...
Ars Technica

As the end of the ISS nears, NASA shakes up program for commercial replacements

ALL Dragon capsule recovery scenarios include Meagan (retired recently) and Shannon. The only difference is the Navy light carriers were slightly larger and were DOD assets rather than private company ...
Hyperallergic

Art in the Outer Limits: A Look at NASA's Space Art Program

A sampling of the over 2,000 artworks that are part of the NASA Art Program were recently uploaded to NASA's Flickrstream, and give an insight into the breadth of work that has come out of this rare ...