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NASA is bracing for the possibility of a federal government shutdown if Congress fails to pass a funding bill –– a recurring crisis that grinds activity to a halt across most civilian agencies in the U.S. A government shutdown would force NASA to scale back most of its activities, sending the majority of its workforce home without pay. Only a …

IAC 2025 If the USA’s space strategy succeeds, it will run a “village” on the moon in a decade, NASA administrator Sean Duffy told the International Aeronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney today. Duffy appeared in a session featuring the heads of space agencies from the USA, China, Japan, India, Europe, and Canada. Readers will likely have noted the absence of …

SYDNEY, Australia — Solstar Space announced a NASA contract Sept. 29 to develop commercial Wi-Fi access points for the space agency’s Artemis and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programs. Under the $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research award, Solstar will spend six months creating preliminary designs for Wi-Fi access points for human landing systems, lunar rovers, instruments, payloads, sensors, spacesuits and …

NASA’s Psyche has set a new benchmark for space communications. In December 2024, the spacecraft successfully beamed an infrared laser message back to Earth from a mind-boggling distance of 494 million kilometers (307 million miles). That’s more than twice the average distance between Earth and Mars and more than 1,285 times the distance to the Moon. It’s a triumph for …

Many celestial objects travel within our solar system, and sometimes they can pose a significant threat to Earth and the Moon. This is the case with asteroid 2024 YR4, which could impact our natural satellite. In response, NASA wants to destroy it with a nuclear charge before it hits its target. Although this scenario seems straight out of a science …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Astronomers discover a unique gamma-ray burst lasting nearly a full day, challenging existing theories. 🔭 Advanced telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope confirm the burst originated outside the Milky Way. 🌀 The event may involve an intermediate-mass black hole, a rare cosmic object. 🔍 Researchers are focused on determining the exact location and energy output of …

NASA’s water-hunting lunar rover was given a second chance to reach the surface of the Moon. Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the Moon on an upcoming lunar lander mission, resurrecting the exploration mission after it was called off last year. NASA contracted Blue Origin to transport its lunar rover to the Moon as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar …

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Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she’s trading her role behind the console for a shot at flying to space herself. Edgar is one of the 10 people in NASA’s 2025 astronaut class, which was announced this week at …

NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Currently, there is a strong chance the vehicle will never reach the ISS before the outpost is deorbited in 2030. The change to the contract means that Dream Chaser will now …