Story of NASA Ames and its 80×120-foot wind tunnel that changed future of flight

How NASA Ames’ 80×120-foot wind tunnel became the beating heart of American aeronautics, testing everything from spacecraft ...

Nichelle Nichols On Having First Major Black Female TV Role And That First Interracial Kiss On 'Star Trek'

Nichelle Nichols ' life has moved at the kind of warp speed her " Star Trek " character Lt. Nyota Uhura took for granted.
Columbus Dispatch

Duffy wants NASA to reopen SpaceX moon lander contract. Musk called him 'Sean Dummy'

Musk's tirade came after Duffy announced NASA plans to reopen its moon landing contract with SpaceX, now worth $4.4 billion, to other bidders. NASA had previously awarded the lucrative contract to ...
Astronomy

NASA’s JPL lays off 550 employees

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced the layoff of approximately 550 employees, constituting 11% of its workforce, as part of an ongoing center reorganization initiated in July. JPL ...
Flying

NASA’s JPL Lays Off 550 Employees

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is laying off approximately 550 employees (11% of its workforce) as part of a "reorganization" to create a leaner infrastructure and ensure its future success.
NBC News

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off 550 workers

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Monday that it will cut around 550 jobs — around 10% of its staff. In a statement posted online, the lab’s director, Dave Gallagher, said the layoffs are ...
The Hill

Bill Nye visits DC to fight proposed cuts to NASA budget

Former television host Bill Nye “The Science Guy” visited Capitol Hill on Monday to advocate against President Trump’s budget for NASA. He’s the CEO of the Planetary Society, a non-profit space ...
Florida Today

As the government shutdown continues, which parts of NASA and KSC remain open?

A U.S. government shutdown has furloughed over 15,000 nonessential NASA employees. Essential operations, including support for the International Space Station and Artemis moon missions, will continue.
The Motley Fool

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, as NASA Kicks Sierra Space to the Curb

NASA awarded Sierra Space's parent company part of a $14 billion ISS supply contract in 2016. Nearly 10 years later, everyone on that contract but Sierra Space is doing supply runs to ISS. Last week, ...
Mashable

NASA astronaut class appears to be first without Black recruits in 40 years

From top left to bottom right, the 2025 astronaut class: U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey, Rebecca Lawler, U.S. Air Force Maj. Cameron Jones, Laura Edgar, Yuri Kubo, U.S. Air ...
CNN

With 15,000 workers furloughed and funds uncertain, NASA focuses on one mission — return to the moon

Some 15,000 NASA employees were sent home this week as a government shutdown began, halting work across much of an agency already grappling with budget cuts and widespread job losses. But at least one ...
Wired

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Wins Contract to Take NASA Rover to the Moon

The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of delivering a payload to the moon in an upcoming mission. NASA’s VIPER lunar rover ...