The federal government shutdown has sent 97 percent of NASA's employees home and canceled other space agency activities.

The Artemis III mission is scheduled for a 2027 launch. Starship currently seems unlikely to meet that timeframe.

NASA may only consume 0.5 percent of the federal budget, but it generates practically all of Uncle Sam's viral marketing buzz. Never was that more apparent than on Monday morning following the successful Mars landing of Curiosity, the biggest and most ...

As the shutdown continues into its second month, many federal employees are furloughed. Some, however, keep working (mostly without pay at the moment), because they're considered critical to the continued operation of the nation's functions, like the delivery of the mail.

Sean Duffy called out SpaceX for being “behind schedule” on a lunar lander and said he’d explore other options.