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Whitesides Urges Robust NASA Budget to Sustain U.S. Space Tech Lead

Rep. George Whitesides urged robust NASA funding, warning that the U.S. risks losing its global lead in space technology if budgets falter. Speaking before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, he emphasized that sustained investment is critical to preserving American competitiveness.

2025-05-23T05:31:17.916473-07:00

Space.com

NASA and SpaceX Push Dragon CRS-32 Undocking to Friday Amid Unfavorable Splashdown Weather

2025-05-22T05:03:59.300986-07:00

Urban Air Mobility News

Wisk and NASA Ink Five-Year Pact to Integrate Autonomous Flights into NAS

2025-05-21T05:26:33.398231-07:00

Japan Times

Japan Doubles Down on Artemis After Trump’s $6 Billion NASA Cut, JAXA Chief Says

2025-05-17T10:26:04.214833-07:00

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Magellan Data Sheds New Light on Venusian Tectonics Over 30 years after its demise in the Venusian atmosphere, NASA’s Magellan mission has delivered fresh data that overturns our understanding of Venusian tectonics. New analysis of its radar imagery uncovers complex deformation zones, shedding light on how Venus’s crust evolves without global plate tectonics.

2025-05-25T14:23:09.030930-07:00

Magellan Data Sheds New Light on Venusian Tectonics

The Business Journals

KBR to Anchor 207-Acre NASA Exploration Park Campus with 45,000-Sq Ft Space Food Facility KBR has unveiled plans for a 45,000-square-foot space food manufacturing and R&D facility as the anchor tenant of a 207-acre aircraft, crew, maintenance and integration campus at NASA’s Exploration Park in Houston. The project aims to underpin the burgeoning low Earth orbit economy and future lunar and Mars missions.

2025-05-24T13:31:48.163752-07:00

KBR to Anchor 207-Acre NASA Exploration Park Campus with 45,000-Sq Ft Space Food Facility

Air Data News

Lifting Bodies: NASA’s wingless aircraft that paved the way for the Space Shuttle

2025-05-24T09:07:56.835370-07:00

Lifting Bodies: NASA’s wingless

Live Science

James Webb Detects Frozen Water Ice in Protoplanetary Disk Around Young Star NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected frozen water ice in the protoplanetary disk of a distant young star, marking the first direct observation of icy bodies beyond our solar system. This finding sheds light on the delivery of life-essential volatiles to nascent planets during their formative stages.

2025-05-24T03:14:39.988838-07:00

James Webb Detects Frozen Water Ice in Protoplanetary Disk Around Young Star

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Whitesides Urges Robust NASA Budget to Sustain U.S. Space Tech Lead Rep. George Whitesides urged robust NASA funding, warning that the U.S. risks losing its global lead in space technology if budgets falter. Speaking before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, he emphasized that sustained investment is critical to preserving American competitiveness.

2025-05-23T05:31:17.916473-07:00

Whitesides Urges Robust NASA Budget to Sustain U.S. Space Tech Lead

nasawatch.com

NASA Issues ‘AGness’ Report Updating Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups On May 6, NASA released 'AGness', a comprehensive update to its Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups. The report revises committee charters, membership structures and mission focus areas, aiming to streamline scientific prioritization and bolster planning for upcoming planetary defense and exploration initiatives.

2025-05-22T15:06:54.282109-07:00

NASA Issues ‘AGness’ Report Updating Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups

The Conversation

A decade after 'The Martian', real-life robotic missions redefine Mars exploration A decade after Ridley Scott’s 'The Martian' imagined human survival on the Red Planet, NASA’s fleet of robotic explorers—from rovers to orbiters—has mapped and sampled Mars’s surface in unprecedented detail, transforming our understanding of Martian geology and refining plans for future crewed missions.

2025-05-22T14:24:50.535139-07:00

A decade after 'The Martian', real-life robotic missions redefine Mars exploration

Aviation Week

Intuitive Machines Completes Preliminary Design Review for Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle Intuitive Machines’ Moon RACER team has passed NASA’s preliminary design review under the Commercial Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services program, marking a key advance ahead of the anticipated 2025 LTV award. After a year of hardware builds, human-centered design and testing, the project moves into detailed design.

2025-05-22T12:07:33.607921-07:00

Intuitive Machines Completes Preliminary Design Review for Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle

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