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• Marcia Dunn
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter detected a previously unrecognized crater roughly 222 meters wide, formed when an asteroid or comet struck the Moon in May 2024. The event, named McGetchin, is estimated to occur about once a century and offers a fresh record of lunar surface evolution.
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter detected a previously unrecognized crater roughly 222 meters wide, formed when an asteroid or comet struck the Moon in May 2024. The event, named McGetchin, is estimated to occur about once a century and offers a fresh record of lunar surface evolution.
NASA has started activating instruments aboard the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for the first time as the observatory travels nearly 1 million miles to its final orbit. The commissioning milestone precedes Roman’s scientific mission to study the universe with a wide field of view.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told a military audience that the intensifying U.S.-China lunar competition could influence future alliances, technology standards and perceptions of American power. His remarks position the Artemis-era return to the moon as a strategic contest extending beyond exploration and science.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman describes broad leadership and organizational reforms while repositioning the agency around building a permanent base on the moon. He frames China and Russia’s strategy for the lunar South Pole as creating urgency for U.S. exploration and national space policy.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency is looking to its 1960s playbook as it seeks to “get our swagger back.” Speaking at the WSJLI Technology Council Summit, Isaacman framed a restoration of NASA’s historic mission focus as central to moving the agency forward.
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Rocket Lab says NASA’s decision in a Mars spacecraft procurement appears inconsistent with the stated eligibility criteria. The company’s challenge raises questions about how the agency applied requirements in selecting an awardee for a mission involving Mars exploration.
NASA has released new details about its proposal to establish a national space academy, while the agency’s administrator pushes back against criticism of the concept. The initiative would add a new institutional dimension to the agency’s role in space-sector education and workforce development.
President Trump’s executive order envisions a U.S. Space Academy, but the proposal raises unresolved questions about its structure, mission and relationship with existing institutions. A central concern is whether the academy could blur the lines between NASA’s civilian role and the military’s space activities.
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