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Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...
Aviation Week

NASA Safety Panel Addresses Artemis Mission Risk Concerns

HOUSTON—NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is set to recommend that the agency reexamine the mission objectives of the crewed Artemis III Moon landing mission and subsequent crewed lunar ...
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Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Subscribe to our newsletter ...
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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College (THE CONVERSATION) After a yearslong series of setbacks ...
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New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin successfully launched a NASA Mars mission on the second flight of its New Glenn booster Nov. 13, landing the vehicle’s first stage in the process. New Glenn lifted off on the ...
Futurism

NASA Not Paying Moon Astronauts as They Prepare to Risk Their Lives

NASA is hard at work preparing for Artemis 2, its first crewed mission to the Moon in over half a century, which is scheduled to launch in just four months. The twist? Due to the ongoing government ...
Aviation Week

NASA Researchers Study Astronaut Health Risk Monitor

The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) has selected Bethesda, Maryland-based HarmonEyes for assessment of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered eye tracking ...
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NASA missions at risk under the Trump administration

As part of the budget proposal for NASA submitted earlier this year, the Trump administration proposed cancelling more than 40 missions, including at least 14 Earth science missions. Agency employees ...
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U.S. Risks Losing the Moon to China if NASA’s Artemis Program Falters, Experts Tell Senate

A former NASA administrator testified that it was “highly unlikely” the agency would win the new space race unless something changes. Reading time 4 minutes The U.S. is at risk of ceding its lead in ...
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'We risk losing the moon to China' NASA space race continues amid U.S. funding concerns

NON-RENEWAL. WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED. OUR LEADERSHIP IN SPACE IS UNDER THREAT. THAT IS THE WARNING TODAY FROM TOP NASA OFFICIALS AND A FORMER NASA ADMINISTRATOR.
Houston Chronicle

Ted Cruz warns NASA is at risk of losing ground to China: 'We are in a new space race'

The American space industry is at risk at losing dominance in space exploration to China as delays continue to plague NASA's planned moon mission, U.S. Sen Ted Cruz and a bipartisan group of senators ...