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Acting Administrator Sean Duffy said the agency will open up the Artemis 3 contract to other spaceflight companies because SpaceX has fallen behind schedule.
The towering rocket tasked with launching NASA's next moon astronauts on their historic lunar journey has come together.
Earth just got a new tag-along in space — a little asteroid named 2025 PN7. NASA confirmed this week that the rock, discovered by the University of Hawaii, is officially a “quasi-moon” — a rare type of celestial companion that travels almost exactly in sync with Earth.
"As the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle, I worked very hard at that because I didn't want people to say, 'Oh look, the woman has made a mistake'. Because it wasn't just about me, it was about the women to follow me," she says.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been steering the space agency on an interim basis, but Trump’s former nominee Jared Isaacman is interested in the role.
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NASA'd too hard: The ultimate NASA trivia quiz
This quiz will take you on a journey through NASA's greatest hits — and a few lesser-known moments too. From the Mercury and Gemini missions to the drama of Apollo 13, the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the robotic explorers roaming Mars, NASA's history is packed with daring feats and scientific firsts.
Analog missions, like those conducted at NASA’s CHAPEA facility at the Johnson Space Center, help scientists study human spaceflight without leaving Earth.
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$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision
NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from the chopping block in a last-minute decision. There will be a significant change to its structure,