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NASA to Compete JPL Management Contract as Agency Realignment Looms

NASA says it will compete the next contract to manage and operate its federally funded research and development center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, citing accountability and value to U.S. taxpayers. The move is part of a broader NASA restructuring that could shift control of an iconic center for the first time in nearly a century.

2026-05-22T08:05:08.321587-07:00

Ars Technica

NASA announces agencywide realignment under Administrator Jared Isaacman to sharpen mission focus and accelerate delivery

2026-05-22T07:39:18.739239-07:00

Space.com

Hubble-era reanalysis casts doubt on Europa’s water-vapor “geysers”, weakening a key indicator of current activity

2026-05-22T05:12:15.561904-07:00

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NASA ranks lunar technology pain points and maps FY26 space-tech funding to civil shortfalls and Ignition

2026-05-21T16:40:51.212228-07:00

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NASA to Compete JPL Management Contract as Agency Realignment Looms NASA says it will compete the next contract to manage and operate its federally funded research and development center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, citing accountability and value to U.S. taxpayers. The move is part of a broader NASA restructuring that could shift control of an iconic center for the first time in nearly a century.

2026-05-22T08:05:08.321587-07:00

NASA to Compete JPL Management Contract as Agency Realignment Looms

Ars Technica

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NASA announces agencywide realignment under Administrator Jared Isaacman to sharpen mission focus and accelerate delivery NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled an agencywide workforce and organizational realignment aimed at increasing mission focus, streamlining how resources are concentrated, and improving speed and efficiency in delivering top national objectives. The changes are positioned as an alignment step with the National Space Policy.

2026-05-22T07:39:18.739239-07:00

NASA announces agencywide realignment under Administrator Jared Isaacman to sharpen mission focus and accelerate delivery

Space.com

NASA to brief May 26 on updated Artemis Moon-base plan NASA will provide a live update on Tuesday afternoon, May 26, on its plans to build a Moon base as part of Artemis. The briefing is expected to clarify how the agency’s latest architecture and sequencing translate into an actionable surface-infrastructure approach.

2026-05-22T06:10:46.675064-07:00

NASA to brief May 26 on updated Artemis Moon-base plan

Space.com

Hubble-era reanalysis casts doubt on Europa’s water-vapor “geysers”, weakening a key indicator of current activity A new assessment of 14 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations finds that Europa’s supposed water-vapor eruptions may not be real. The study reopens the question of what drives Europa’s near-surface volatiles and how strongly current plume activity should factor into observational and mission targeting.

2026-05-22T05:12:15.561904-07:00

Hubble-era reanalysis casts doubt on Europa’s water-vapor “geysers”, weakening a key indicator of current activity

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NASA ranks lunar technology pain points and maps FY26 space-tech funding to civil shortfalls and Ignition NASA gathered stakeholder input to identify the technical challenges causing the biggest “headaches” for space technology—and then translated that feedback into 40 space-technology focus areas for FY26. The roadmap is shaped by civil space capability shortfalls and NASA’s new Ignition initiative to prioritize near-term investment bets.

2026-05-21T16:40:51.212228-07:00

NASA ranks lunar technology pain points and maps FY26 space-tech funding to civil shortfalls and Ignition

Space.com

NASA’s TESS releases its most complete Earth-sky survey, identifying ~6,000 candidate exoplanet worlds NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has published its most complete view of the sky over Earth, expanding the catalog of potential planets beyond the solar system. The new release highlights roughly 6,000 candidate worlds for follow-on confirmation and characterization.

2026-05-21T05:11:30.433668-07:00

NASA’s TESS releases its most complete Earth-sky survey, identifying ~6,000 candidate exoplanet worlds

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JWST study suggests Neptune’s moon Nereid is the lone intact survivor from the planet’s original satellite system A new study reports that Neptune’s third-largest moon, Nereid, may be an intact survivor from the planet’s primordial satellite system. Researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study Nereid in 2024, challenging earlier views of a more heavily disrupted past.

2026-05-20T11:09:52.842855-07:00

JWST study suggests Neptune’s moon Nereid is the lone intact survivor from the planet’s original satellite system

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Starfighters Space pivots Texas site to microgravity parabolic tests as it reports Q1 2026 results Starfighters Space says it is turning its Texas facility into a staging ground for microgravity flight testing in response to NASA’s request for information on commercial parabolic capabilities. Separately, the company filed its first-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q, underscoring the effort’s near-term financing and operational visibility.

2026-05-20T07:22:40.272787-07:00

Starfighters Space pivots Texas site to microgravity parabolic tests as it reports Q1 2026 results

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NASA to Compete JPL Management Contract as Agency Realignment Looms

NASA announces agencywide realignment under Administrator Jared Isaacman to sharpen mission focus and accelerate delivery

Hubble-era reanalysis casts doubt on Europa’s water-vapor “geysers”, weakening a key indicator of current activity

NASA ranks lunar technology pain points and maps FY26 space-tech funding to civil shortfalls and Ignition

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