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Nasa plans $20M mission to chaotic asteroid after delays
After overcoming significant obstacles, NASA’s $20 Million Mission to the “God of Chaos” Asteroid is ready for launch. This mission, which targets a potentially hazardous near-Earth object known for its erratic orbit,
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NASA stacks Artemis 2 moon mission's Orion capsule atop SLS rocket ahead of 2026 launch
The towering rocket tasked with launching NASA's next moon astronauts on their historic lunar journey has come together.
In the works, currently, are phases deemed “Artemis II and III” – the first of which NASA, in December, pushed back until April of next year. This mission, to send astronauts to the moon and back, would be followed by a trip to the Moon’s south polar region – also pushed back to 2027, with phase 4 scheduled for 2028.
NASA's acting administrator accused SpaceX on Monday of falling "behind" and said he plans to reopen contracts to get U.S. astronauts "back to the moon in 2028."
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SpaceX could lose contract for Artemis 3 astronaut moon-landing mission, acting NASA chief says: 'The problem is, they're behind'
In April 2021, NASA awarded Elon Musk's company a $2.9 billion contract to provide the first crewed lunar lander for the agency's Artemis program. That vehicle, a modified upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket, is supposed to land astronauts on the moon for the first time on the upcoming Artemis 3 mission.
Humans haven't been to the moon in decades, but NASA's Artemis II mission is about to change that, and perhaps even sooner than you might have expected.
With 15,000 workers furloughed and funds uncertain, NASA focuses on one mission — return to the moon
The space agency has been grappling with budget uncertainties and a talent exodus even before the shutdown. But NASA’s moon program has remained largely untouched.
NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration’s previous plan to shut it down.
Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday traded barbs online over who should lead the space agency, a day after Duffy invited companies to compete with Musk's SpaceX for a moon landing mission.
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said SpaceX is “behind schedule” and thwarting the space agency’s ability to beat China back to the moon.
Analog missions, like those conducted at NASA’s CHAPEA facility at the Johnson Space Center, help scientists study human spaceflight without leaving Earth.