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NASA's interim head Sean Duffy told employees during a town hall last week that "sometimes we can let safety be the enemy of making progress."

NASA Head Says It’s Time to Cut Back on Astronaut Safety to Beat China to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Experts warned that the United States is at risk of having China beat it to the Moon as its Artemis program continues to lag behind.

Lawmakers Panic As They Realize China May Beat the US to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

It's looking more and more like NASA's helpless flailing could position China to beat the United States in the race to return to the Moon.

China’s Getting Ready to Land Astronauts on the Moon While NASA Flails Helplessly

By Victor Tangermann

Over half a century ago, Apollo astronauts encountered something surprising littering the desolate lunar surface: tiny orange beads.

Scientists Investigating Small Orange Objects Coating Surface of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Say There’s Over a Trillion Dollars of Platinum Waiting to Be Extracted From the Moon’s Craters

Scientists Say There’s Over a Trillion Dollars of Platinum Waiting to Be Extracted From the Moon’s Craters

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Boasts of Huge Starship Improvements Immediately Before It Blows Up Spectacularly

Elon Boasts of Huge Starship Improvements Immediately Before It Blows Up Spectacularly

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has revealed that it's considering reprioritizing its goals to accelerate Elon Musk’s push to send humans to Mars.

NASA Eyes 2026 Mars Launch as Musk Pushes to Skip the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump has called on NASA to cancel its "grossly expensive and delayed" Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule after Artemis 3.

White House Announces Plans to Rip Up NASA’s Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX astronaut and incoming NASA head Jared Isaacman took a notable turn away from the space firm that enabled both of his trips into orbit.

Incoming Head of NASA Puts SpaceX in Its Place: “They Work for Us, Not the Other Way Around”

By Victor Tangermann

Incoming NASA head and SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman wants to return astronauts to the Moon, defying Elon Musk's desire to skip it.

Incoming Head of NASA Defies Elon Musk on Order to Abandon Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

The permanently shadowed regions of the Earth's Moon could shelter microbial lifeforms, according to new research.

Scientists Say There May Be Life on the Moon

By Frank Landymore

Despite SpaceX already being NASA's largest private contractor, Elon Musk is still hellbent on assuming control over the space agency.

Elon Musk Secretly Working to Take Over NASA

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found that substances found in Martian dust could be life-threatening to human space travelers, greatly imperiling their health.

Elon Musk’s Mars Colonization Plans Foiled by Pesky Foe

By Victor Tangermann

A robot aboard the recent Athena lunar lander survived the botched landing — but tragically couldn't break free.

Robot Survived Failed Lunar Landing But Was Trapped Inside and Died Afterward

By Frank Landymore

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is wasting no time and is already drilling into the dusty regolith to study the Moon's geology.

Lunar Lander Starts Drilling Into the Moon, Sparks Flying

By Victor Tangermann

In spite of Elon Musk agitating for it, president Donald Trump isn't interested in making a crewed mission to Mars his "number one" priority.

Trump Throws Elon Musk’s Mars Mission Under the Bus

By Victor Tangermann