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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

Despite president Donald Trump's plans to phase out the Space Launch System rocket — but the agency seems to have other plans.

NASA Continues Testing Multi-Billion Dollar Rocket While Trump Is Actively Trying to Cancel It

By Noor Al-Sibai

Aerospace giant Boeing is warning that hundreds of workers currently working on NASA's Artemis Moon rocket could be laid off.

As Elon Musk Reviews Moon Program, Boeing Warns Workers Building Artemis Rocket of Mass Layoffs

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plagued Space Launch System rocket, which is being developed to deliver the first astronauts to the Moon, is on thin ice.

It Sounds Like NASA’s Moon Rocket Might Be Getting Canceled

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Orion spacecraft chipped after reentering the Earth's atmosphere during its maiden voyage. The agency remains tight lipped about it.

NASA Keeping Issue With Moon Rocket a Secret

By Victor Tangermann

According to a scathing new report, NASA's even beefier Moon rocket launch tower may end up being even more expensive than initially thought.

NASA’s Moon Launcher Is in Big Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing's contributions to NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon are significantly behind schedule and way over budget.

NASA Inspector Slams Boeing for Shoddy Work on Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

The rocket designed to carry the first humans to the Moon in over half a century has officially made its way to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

NASA Rocket for First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Arrives at Launch Site

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Orion capsule took a beating during its trip to the Moon and back, according to a recent report by the Office of Inspector General.

NASA Inspector Alarmed by Extensive Damage to Heatshield of Astronaut Moon Vehicle

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's uber-expensive Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket is officially back on the launch pad, but the agency is getting nervous about Hurricane Nicole.

NASA Watches Nervously as Hurricane Threatens Exposed Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) never beats around the bush when it comes to NASA's planned Artemis missions to the Moon.

New Government Report Is Extremely Bad News for NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's has yet to ignite and launch its Space Launch System-powered Artemis 1 rocket into orbit, an unfortunate bookend for a rocket plagued by setbacks.

NASA Announces Plan to Fix Moon Rocket, and Maybe Launch It Eventually

By Victor Tangermann

There was a time during the first Obama administration that people in the US government believed we could get to the moon without the help of billionaires.

How NASA Got Price Gouged on the SLS, According to Its Former Second-in-Command

By Noor Al-Sibai

The agency fully assembled the Space-Launch System (SLS) rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday night.

NASA Completes Assembly of Rocket for Upcoming Moon Mission

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA engineers have finished assembling the Space Launch System that will take astronauts back to the Moon. The rocket is taller than the Statue of Liberty.

NASA Has Assembled a Megarocket to Take Humans to the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.

The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

By Victor Tangermann