NASA furloughs 83% of its federal workforce, more than 15,000 workers, during government shutdown

NASA furloughed more than 15,000 employees when the federal government shut down Wednesday, but mission control operations continue in Houston.
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NASA debuts Artemis control room for astronaut lunar missions. When is the rocket launch?

NASA's first lunar campaign in five decades since the Apollo era came to an end should be a little more technologically advanced than its 1960s-70s counterpart. The U.S. space agency has a brand new ...
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Debate continues over moving space shuttle from D.C. to Houston

Texas’ two U.S. senators, Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, have called for the Space Shuttle Discovery to be relocated ...

NASA could launch historic Artemis II mission around the moon as early as February 2026

NASA could launch its Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, ...
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New NatGeo film 'The Space Race' highlights mission to integrate NASA's space program

HOUSTON, Texas -- A new National Geographic film about NASA's mission to integrate their space program had a screening in Houston on Tuesday, and it came on the heels of a major announcement about the ...
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This new NASA astronaut candidate has already been to space

One of the 10 is Anna Menon, who already has extensive experience in the final frontier: She flew to Earth orbit in September 2024 on SpaceX's pioneering Polaris Dawn mission ... which was held at ...