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SpaceX cargo launches may soon cost 50% more - but it's still an offer NASA can't refuse
NASA set up its first competitions for contracts in 2006 - years before the shuttle program's retir…
Dave Mosher
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NASA's only plan to return astronauts to the moon after nearly 50 years just got slammed by an internal audit
"We believe a lack of action by senior leadership in both organizations to correct identified probl…
Dave Mosher
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Ted Cruz wants NASA to quit worrying about climate change
Further, Bolden said that the decrease in space exploration funding was somewhat intentional as the…
Kelly Dickerson
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NASA is scrapping a moon rover that it spent $450 million to build
NASA is cutting its losses and scrapping its moon rover mission, after it proved to be exceedingly …
Aditi Bharade
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NASA may pay Boeing as a middleman to launch 5 astronauts on Russian spacecraft
A NASA representative declined to provide Business Insider with an estimate, but noted "prices will…
Dave Mosher
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Russia is squeezing NASA for more than $3.3 billion - and there's little anyone can do about it
"Had the Agency met its original goal of securing commercial crew transportation by calendar year 2…
Dave Mosher
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NASA just fired an old space shuttle engine at '113% thrust' - and plans to use it on a new mega-rocket
The space agency faces a $200 million annual budget cut if President Donald Trump's proposed $19.1-…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is about to get a $1.3 billion raise
The space agency's planetary science division will also see more funding than the administration as…
Kelly Dickerson
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Here's how much it now costs for American astronauts to ride in Russia's spaceship
Below is a chart that shows what Russia has historically charged NASA per Soyuz spot since 2006, pl…
Dave Mosher,Skye Gould
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Elon Musk hails Newt Gingrich's plan to award $2 billion prize to the first company that lands humans on the moon
"In the past, putting permanent housing on the moon has been estimated to cost between $50 billion …
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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Leading NASA official says we're abandoning our post on the ISS for a very good reason
For these reasons, astronauts will get a better taste - both psychologically and physiologically - …
Jessica Orwig
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'We want our country to do it first': A NASA executive says a US-China Mars mission is not in the cards
"What we really need, if we want to hit the target of 2024, is we've got to start securing a lander…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX may launch its new spaceship for NASA in March - a vital test that will show it can safely fly astronauts
SpaceX's experimental launch, which won't carry people, was originally scheduled to fly in December…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX's new spaceship for people has returned to Earth, completing its first and 'absolutely critical' mission for NASA
"I guarantee everything will not work exactly right, and that's cool, that's exactly what we want t…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX Crew Dragon creates history, docks with space station
Washington, May 31 (IANS) The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken…
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Elon Musk holds the keys to the moon because SpaceX's Starship megarocket launch is crucial to NASA's return
SpaceX plans to launch its flagship megarocket, Starship, for the first time in April, taking NASA …
Marianne Guenot,Kate Duffy
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SpaceX responds to NASA's concerns over Starlink collisions in outer space: 'The reliability of the satellite network is currently higher than 99%'
SpaceX plans to create a megaconstellation of over 42,000 Starlink satellites and released 46 more …
Grace Kay
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SpaceX's next astronaut mission for NASA has been pushed back to Halloween
NASA and SpaceX announced that the Crew-1 mission will launch on October 31 — later than originally…
Susie Neilson
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SpaceX is poised to launch astronauts into space this spring. Here's how SpaceX and Boeing became NASA's best shot at resurrecting American spaceflight.
Since NASA ended its space-shuttle program in 2011, the agency has relied exclusively on Russia to …