Backup plan: Inside NASA’s scramble to get to the moon — and the wild ideas companies are pitching

A suggestion made last week by acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy that SpaceX could be booted from the agency’s upcoming moon-landing plans has rocked the space industry. Now, behind the scenes, ...

Inside NASA’s scramble to find a backup moon plan — and the wild ideas companies are pitching

As NASA’s moon-landing plans with SpaceX hang in the balance, other bold ideas are quietly starting to take shape.
Space.com

NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say

The Senate's report supports Space.com's findings, stating, "as early as June 2025, NASA began 'implementing immediately' ...

NASA test flight seeks to help bring commercial supersonic travel back

The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...
The Daily Free Press

BU researchers build solar monitor for NASA satellite, observe Earth’s atmosphere

The Carruthers Geocoronal Observatory, a NASA satellite built by researchers from BU and the University of Illinois-Urbana ...
Indian Defence Review

NASA’s Radar Uncovers Secret U.S. Military Base Hidden Deep Beneath Greenland’s Ice After 60 Years Frozen

Scientists are now warning that the ice could melt enough this century to re-expose toxic waste—including fuel, sewage, and ...
PRIMETIMER

How NASA’s bold first step launched today in 1961 marked the start of the rocket era that led to the Moon

NASA’s first Saturn I rocket launched on October 27, 1961, demonstrating heavy-lift capabilities and initiating the Saturn program that ultimately enabled crewed Apollo missions to the Moon.
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UNC Charlotte Engineers Set Sights on NASA Rocket Competition Win in 2026

In just eight weeks, nine students invested 2,500 hours into their project. They must build a rocket that soars between 4,000 ...

NASA’s trailblazing generation

NASA’s Class of 1978, ‘represent the most competent, talented, and experienced people available to us today.’ ...

A NASA commander’s most important system wasn’t a computer. It was the crew.

Her determination eventually led her to join NASA and take a leading role in building the International Space Station through ...
MIT Technology Review

25 years of research in space

MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...
Engineering News-Record

Award of Merit, Highway/Bridge: NASA Causeway Bridge Replacement

Twin 60-year-old drawbridges spanning the Indian River were replaced with high-span fixed bridges to support growing transportation demands, eliminate drawbridge-related delays and enhance safety and ...