NASA to end work in nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion for deep space exploration.
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Soyuz MS-26 has begun its return to Earth, undocking from the ISS Rassvet module at about 2157:33 UTC Apr 19 with crewmembers Ovchinin, Vagner and Pettit
Major shakeup at NASA's premiere science facility. Effective June 1, Laurie Leshin is resigning as director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Geoff Brumfiel
Scientists, would you consider the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to be a success? Is the tracking layer upgrade worth it? If you don't want to comment publicly, feel free to message me instead. Not looking for on-the-record quotes.
NASA just made huge changes to the Artemis Program.
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Jonathan McDowell
I got a peek at Blue Origin’s new lunar plans. Here’s what I found:
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Despite recent comments from the Secretary of Transportation, if Katy Perry wants to call herself an astronaut, there's no one who can tell her she's not.
Don Pettit wants to go back to space again. And you know what, he should.
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Did you know that SpaceX asked the FBI to investigate the ULA sniper theory back in 2016? Until last week, I did not.
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I went in-depth here on Bridgit Mendler and Northwood Space. There's a lot of bad news out there, but this is one of the most uplifting stories I've reported on in awhile.
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“That’s exactly the kind of thing that NASA should be concentrating its resources on.”…
