Reuters
SpaceX told investors in a briefing that it will prioritize a Moon landing first, targeting 2027, and push back plans for a Mars mission to a later, unspecified date, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the company's updated timeline.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: After losing about 20% of its civil servant workforce in the past year, NASA’s administrator says the agency plans to bring more expertise in-house.
By Spaceflight Now:  It’s the end of an era as SpaceX transitions all of its planned Dragon flights from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: At least 5,000 federal workers left their positions in the U.S. space workforce last year. These are some of their stories.
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
By Space.com: The infrared space telescope also detected water vapor, carbon dioxide and organic compounds streaming from the departing comet two months after it made its closest approach to the sun.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
