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Posted on February 27, 2025

NASA launching its SPHEREx and PUNCH space missions on March 2 after delay: How to watch live

NASA launching its SPHEREx and PUNCH space missions on March 2 at 10:09 p.m. ET.
Posted on February 26, 2025

NASA leadership shakeup continues as agency settles into Trump’s 2nd term

Among other changes, Vanessa Wyche, who previously led Johnson Space Center, has been named NASA's acting associate administrator.
Posted on February 26, 2025

NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson

The Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids is currently cruising through the Asteroid Belt, and will fly close to asteroid Donaldjohanson in April.
Posted on February 26, 2025

2 NASA missions will carpool on a SpaceX rocket this Friday to help map the cosmos

NASA's PUNCH and SPHEREx missions are scheduled to launch no earlier than Friday (Feb. 28). Here's what each is built to do, and why they could yield some terrific results for astronomers.
Posted on February 25, 2025

NASA tells employees to ignore Trump administration’s ‘What did you do last week?’ email

NASA employees have been told they are not required to respond to a Trump administration email request to list achievements or potentially face termination.
Posted on February 24, 2025

NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027

NASA has selected SpaceX to launch its NEO Surveyor spacecraft, which will hunt for asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth.
Posted on February 24, 2025

NASA installs ‘bulletproof’ sunshade on powerful Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (photos)

Technicians have installed the sunshade on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in Spring 2027.
Posted on February 24, 2025

NASA’s ‘SPHEREx’ infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here’s why it’s a big deal

Scientists aim to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the universe using NASA's newest space telescope, SPHEREx, which is set to launch Feb. 28.
Posted on February 21, 2025

‘It’s extremely worrisome.’ NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, affecting science.
Posted on February 20, 2025

The ISS should be deorbited ‘as soon as possible,’ Elon Musk says: ‘Let’s go to Mars’

The International Space Station "has served its purpose" and should be deorbited "as soon as possible," SpaceX chief and close Trump adviser Elon Musk said today (Feb. 20).

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