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Scientists Warn NASA Cuts Could Jeopardize Safety, Innovation in Open Letter
A group of scientists and NASA employees, current and former, have issued a public plea to interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in the form of the “Voyager Declaration”—an open letter urging the agency not to implement deep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
More than 200 NASA employees sign letter opposing Trump budget cuts: Here's what it said
More than 200 current and former NASA employees have signed an open letter known as the Voyager Declaration pushing back on "harmful" proposed cuts.
Hundreds of NASA Employees, Past and Present, Sign Letter of Formal Dissent
The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadership about the consequences of major budget cuts that would halt many science missions.
Safety is at Risk Warn NASA Staffers in Protest Letter
Draconian budget and staff cuts could mean another Challenger disaster, warn current and former NASA employees.
'Catastrophic impacts': NASA workers protest Trump's proposed budget cuts and policies in letter
NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science missions and activities.
NASA workers, Nobel laureates cite safety concerns in letter protesting Trump cuts
Document argues president’s proposed funding reductions will ‘compromise human safety, weaken national security and undermine the core NASA mission’
Nearly 300 NASA scientists sign 'Voyager Declaration' to protest Trump space science budget cuts
The signatories warn that political interference and abrupt budget reductions could jeopardize decades of progress in space exploration, aeronautics and climate science.
NASA Employees Warn Science and Safety Are at Risk from White House Budget Cuts
More than 280 NASA employees past and present, including at least 4 astronauts, have signed a declaration of opposition to the many drastic changes that the administration of US President Donald Trump is working to enact.
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New Neil Armstrong Prize to honor achievements in space

Purdue University has established the international award to recognize "space discovery, innovation and human achievement." ...

NASA repairs Juno space probe camera from 600 million kilometers away

Jupiter and Earth were near their closest all year, but it still took over half an hour for a signal to go from Earth to the ...

In scathing letter, NASA workers rebuke ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at agency

Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave ...
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Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' pushes for crewed moon missions, but proposed budget cuts leave NASA science behind

The recent United States government's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that was recently signed into law has good news for the ...
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NASA Goddard Center Director quits as agency staffers issue dissent letter

Voyager Declaration rails against 'indiscriminate cuts' to science and aeronautics research Updated NASA's Goddard Center Director, Makenzie Lystrup, is to depart after just over two years in the role ...

No longer in the running to head NASA, Jared Isaacman turns focus to private space missions

Jared Isaacman may no longer have a shot at leading NASA, but that doesn't mean the billionaire and private astronaut is done ...
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Editorial: ISRO — symbol of soft power, hard science

NISAR, a joint initiative of ISRO and NASA to launch the first Earth-observing satellite mission, demonstrates the country’s prowess in the space exploration sector ...
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Student Teams Conquer NASA Space Suit Challenges

After months of work in the NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) challenge, more than 100 students from 12 universities ...