KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Citing the proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration, NASA announced on Friday that after the Artemis III mission — where Americans will return to the moon — the rocket ...

The vast majority of NASA's employees could be furloughed and all but its most critical operations – including management of the International Space Station – are likely to be paused. Many NASA ...

Of more than 18,000 workers employed at NASA, about 82.8% of them would be sent home without pay – or furloughed – during a government shutdown. Even if the government were to shut down, NASA's ...

NASA's operational stability and workforce face significant threats from potential government shutdowns, which could trigger permanent reductions in force (RIFs) as directed by an OMB memo. The FY26 ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...

WELCOME TO POLITICO PRO SPACE. It’s week two with your new host, and I’m accepting any book recommendations on the history of NASA. Today we’re unpacking the space agency’s new classification as a ...

It's been more than 50 years since astronauts last went to the moon, and yet few NASA missions stir the kind of excitement that the Apollo program once did. But now, NASA has new moon plans. The ...

NASA has announced significant modifications to its contract with Sierra Space for the Dream Chaser spacecraft, effectively scrapping guaranteed resupply missions to the International Space Station ...

NASA announced that the Artemis II mission to ferry astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, could launch earlier than expected. Acting Deputy Associate Administrator ...

John M. Horack receives extramural research funding from NASA, Voyager Technologies, and other spaceflight-related sources, as part of his work as a Professor at The Ohio State University. For 24 ...

NASA reinstated the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission, awarding Blue Origin a contract to deliver the rover to the Moon's South Pole in late 2027. The $190 million ...

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American—a streak ...