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Duffy: NASA to Reopen Artemis III HLS Contract

During an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on Squawk Box Monday morning, Duffy said NASA will reopen a contract to build the ...
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Is Sean Duffy Making a Power Grab at NASA?

Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy is reportedly gunning for the top space agency job.
Reuters

Former NASA nominee Jared Isaacman in talks to become agency's chief

Oct 14 - Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and Elon Musk ally who was removed from consideration to lead NASA earlier this year, met with Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy last week as a ...
Space.com

NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce

Approximately 550 employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be laid off, according to an announcement made on the agency's website on Monday (Oct. 13). The news comes in the midst of an ...
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 ...
News 13

NASA to retire moon rocket after Artemis III mission

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 ...
CNN

NASA has a wild plan to return astronauts to the moon. Here’s why experts are starting to worry

Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike. But ...
Gizmodo

JPL Hit With Another 550 Layoffs as NASA’s Budget Crisis Deepens

The 11% staffing cut is the fourth round of layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory since January 2024. And we’re supposed to beat China back to the Moon? Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes ...

Redwire (RDW): Evaluating Valuation Following Strategic UAS Partnership with UXV Technologies

Redwire (RDW), through its subsidiary Edge Autonomy, has entered into a partnership with UXV Technologies to enhance collaboration on uncrewed aerial systems. The initiative advances long-range ...
Futurism

A New Paper Studied Whether NASA Actually Saves Money by Hiring Corporations to Build New Spacecraft, and the Results Are Embarrassing

For decades, NASA has increasingly leaned on corporate contractors to develop the spacecraft it uses to explore the solar system. Triumphs have included SpaceX’s Dragon vehicles, which can now ...
Aviation Week

Boeing Enters Large VTOL UAS Race With CxR Concept

Boeing’s Collaborative Combat Rotorcraft (CCR) is one adaptation of Boeing’s Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft (CxR) – a modular, unmanned, multi-mission autonomous tiltrotor concept. Boeing ...
Space.com

NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter may have come to an end, but no one can confirm

The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired. NASA's spinning spacecraft studying the satellites of the solar system's largest celestial body (aside from the sun), ...