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Matt Anderson sails through Senate hearing; nomination headed to March 12 Commerce Committee vote

White House nominee Matthew Anderson breezed through a bipartisan Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing March 5 for the role of NASA Deputy Administrator. The committee is scheduled to vote on his nomination in executive session on March 12, the next procedural step toward full Senate confirmation.

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2026-03-05T15:15:28.851667-08:00
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Associated Press

NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR poses no risk of impacting the Moon in 2032

By Associated Press: NASA says there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3% chance of a direct hit.

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2026-03-05T10:14:05.128308-08:00