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NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into space
When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...
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Every living former NASA science chief opposes Trump's proposed budget cuts in letter to Congress
The 47% budget cut would obliterate NASA's science program, experts say.
NASA sends specialized aircraft, technology to aid Texas flood search and recovery operations
NASA deploys specialized aircraft to assist search and rescue after catastrophic Texas floods that killed 119 people and left nearly 200 missing in South Central Texas.
More than 2,000 senior employees expected to depart from NASA, Politico reports
Around 2,145 senior-ranking employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration are set to leave under a push ...
NASA’s losing thousands of employees.
It’s bleeding senior-level talent with at least 2,145 employees taking buyouts, deferred resignations, and early retirement offers, Politico reports. The Trump administration wants to cut thousands ...
NASA astronaut captures rare lightning that actually shoots toward space
As the International Space Station whizzed over Mexico and the United States — before floodwaters catastrophically rose in ...
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Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” sets the stage for NASA’s return to the Moon
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill adds $9.9 billion to NASA’s budget, reversing plans to cut the Space Launch System and Orion.
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Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks (video)
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the ...