5519 Results From "nasa"

NASA is planning to launch a simulated star into space to help calibrate telescopes and study dark energy.
NASA

NASA Launching Artificial Star Into Space

As part of Trump's anti-DEI agenda, NASA has been ordered to have employees remove anything "specifically targeting women" from its sites.
Future Society

Trump Orders NASA to Purge All Mentions of Women in Leadership On Its Websites

NASA was not allowed to fail in the same ways that SpaceX is, but that doesn't mean the US government isn't funding both.
NASA

If NASA Had Blown Up This Many Rockets, The Government Would Have Cancelled the Space Program

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is still spinning through space uncontrollably. One of its boom arms has a bend as well.
NASA

NASA Solar Sail Spacecraft Damaged, Spinning Through Space

As Trump proposes slashing the NASA budget by nearly a quarter, its employees warn that his policies could have outright deadly consequences.
NASA

NASA Employees Submit “Formal Dissent” Saying Trump’s Cuts Are So Brutal That Astronauts Could Die

A leaked 62-page manifesto for the future of NASA, dubbed "Project Athena," is making waves in Washington, DC.
NASA

Leaked Plan From Trump’s Potential NASA Head Outlines Sweeping “Project Athena” to Remake Space Agency

The White House mocked the space agency's since-abandoned commitment to sending the first woman and first person of color to the Moon.
Moon

White House Mocks NASA Commitment to Sending Women and Minorities to Moon… Which Was Made by the First Trump Administration

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator billionaire SpaceX tourist Jared Isaacman wants to send troops into space.
NASA

Trump’s New NASA Head Announces Plans to Send Troops to Space

The first astronauts to walk the surface of the Moon in almost 50 years will bring a greenhouse to study how crops adapt to the environment.
Moon

NASA’s First Artemis Moon Astronauts Will Bring Small Greenhouse to Lunar Surface

NASA has eliminated key science offices, including the office of the chief scientist, according to an internal email obtained by Axios.
Future Society

NASA Just Fired Its Chief Scientist, Won’t Hire Another One

NASA claimed it had learned from its fatal shuttle disasters as it considers returning its two stranded astronauts on Boeing's Starliner.
NASA

NASA Fears Another Tragedy If Astronauts Return on Starliner

Europa Clipper, the NASA mission to explore Jupiter's fourth largest moon for signs of habitability, launched on Monday.
Moon

NASA and SpaceX Launch Mission to Potentially Habitable Moon

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week.
Mars

NASA Spacecraft Whipping Around Mars to Slingshot Itself Toward Jupiter’s Mysterious Moon

NASA"s James Webb telescope found frozen water on a distant star.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s James Webb Telescope Just Found Frozen Water Around Another Star

Scientists found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus messed with our understanding of the planet.
NASA

Wind Blowing Out of Uranus Makes It Hard to Probe, NASA Complains

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been shooting lasers at Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon to hit a tiny target.
Moon

NASA Spacecraft Shoots Japanese Moon Lander With Laser

NASA is counting down for its Artemis 2 crewed lunar mission. It's a historic moment that also happens to take place on April Fools' Day.
Moon

Conspiracy Theorists Are Going to Have a Field Day as NASA Gears Up to Launch Historic Moon Mission on April Fools’ Day

NASA has shown off an early rendering of an enormous Mars Chopper concept, a follow-up to the space agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
Mars

NASA Shows Off SUV-Sized “Mars Chopper” With Six Rotor Blades

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao says he encountered a pair of large metallic orbs while flying his plane over Houston, Texas in 2023.
Advanced Transport

Former NASA Astronaut Puzzled by Metallic Orbs He Encountered While Flying

According to its latest economic impact report, NASA generated over $75.6 billion in US economic output in 2023.
NASA

NASA Is Generating Far More Economic Growth Than Its Budget