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NASA has named its Washington, DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black female engineer at the agency
Mary Jackson "was part of a group of very important women who helped NASA succeed in getting Americ…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Indian-origin robotics engineer to head NASA's new Moon to Mars office
Indian-origin software and robotics engineer, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NA…
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Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin may soon be rocketing NASA scientists to the edge of space
NASA's push to privatize space travel has the agency seeking companies that can rocket its scientis…
Dave Mosher
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Here's why government officials rejected Jeff Bezos' claims of 'unfair' treatment and awarded a NASA contract to SpaceX over Blue Origin
SpaceX beat Blue Origin at every level of NASA's analysis. Here's a few highlights from the point-b…
Grace Kay
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NASA awards SpaceX, Blue Origin, and 3 other companies $146 million in contracts to make moon lander designs
Both Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will design moon landers that NASA can use to r…
Kate Duffy
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NASA green lights Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin for future missions, including planetary expeditions and satellite launches
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket could carry out Earth observation missions, planetary expeditions, a…
Kate Duffy
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NASA will share an 'exciting new discovery' about the moon on Monday. Listen to the announcement live.
NASA says the discovery could support deep-space exploration efforts. It will share the findings in…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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SpaceX secures 3 more crewed flights from NASA due to Boeing Starliner delays
NASA agreed to allocate extra ISS flights to Elon Musk's SpaceX while Boeing fixes a valve issue wi…
Zahra Tayeb
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NASA is broadcasting live radio chatter from the astronauts on Saturday's historic SpaceX launch. Here's how to listen.
Listen to the NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon as they launc…
Holly Secon,Dave Mosher
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NASA and SpaceX's plan to land humans on the moon could be delayed 'several years' after 2024, the space agency's watchdog says
SpaceX's Starship spaceship and NASA's new spacesuits still need to be developed and tested, per th…
Kate Duffy
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NASA is partnering with 17 US space companies, including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, to develop new tech 'for the moon and beyond'
NASA said the 20 partnerships, including with SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab, are all unfunded…
Kate Duffy
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Jeff Bezos is offering to cover billions in costs if NASA remedies its 'mistake' and gives Blue Origin the chance to compete with SpaceX again for a moon-lander contract
Blue Origin said NASA had been "unfair" when it gave a contract to SpaceX. Now Jeff Bezos wants his…
Grace Kay
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NASA's top official says Blue Origin lawsuit could delay human return to moon
NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2024, but its rocket and spacesuits are delayed. Now i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Former Senator Bill Nelson is officially NASA's new administrator. His goals: support climate research and put astronauts on the moon.
Presidential administration transitions can give NASA whiplash, but Bill Nelson wants the US space …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX's NASA contract has sparked reaction from industry figures seeking details. Blue Origin says it is 'looking to learn more about the selection.'
NASA entered exclusive negotiations with SpaceX for a $2.9 billion contract, excluding Blue Origin …
Kevin Shalvey
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NASA plans to spend up to $400 million on commercial space stations. It's evaluating about a dozen proposals from companies.
NASA expects to retire the International Space Station by the end of the decade. The agency is turn…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A government watchdog just rejected Jeff Bezos' protest of NASA awarding a lunar lander contract to SpaceX alone
The Government Accountability Office denied a protest from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin opposing NASA's …
Sarah Jackson
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SpaceX launched a $214 million NASA satellite into orbit to study black holes and dead stars
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 r…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Watch SpaceX and NASA preview the first all-American crewed space mission in nearly a decade
Eighteen years after Elon Musk founded SpaceX, the rocket company is gearing up to launch its first…
Dave Mosher
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Watch NASA test-fire the world's most powerful rocket stage - a critical step towards the next moon mission
NASA first ran a hot-fire test in January, but the engines abruptly stopped after one minute. On Th…