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Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs
This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.
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NASA’s ESCAPADE shows cheap space science comes with risk
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission is being held up as a test case for a new era of cheaper planetary science, one where small ...
The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.
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NASA finally has a leader, but its future is no more certain
After a rudderless year and an exodus of around 4,000 employees due to Trump administration cuts, NASA got what may be its ...
Talk of Mars often jumps straight to rockets and boots on red soil, but much of the work happens quietly, long before any ...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those ...
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launched in 2025 to study Mars’ magnetic field and how solar wind has stripped away the planet’s atmosphere over time ...
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How NASA changed in 2025 — possibly forever
For an agency shooting for the moon and onward to Mars, NASA in 2025 has been on a roller coaster ride of proposed budget ...
Dreams of exploring the cosmos have crashed up against the harsh reality of budget cuts in the United States. Congressional approval of the 2024 federal budget earlier this year left NASA with roughly ...
NASA’s groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity’s understanding of our place in the universe, are facing unprecedented threats. The White House has ...
COLORADO SPRINGS — Some NASA Earth science missions have been told to prepare termination plans given the potential for major budget cuts in the agency’s overall science activities. Rep. George ...
WASHINGTON — NASA scientists and engineers are demanding Congress help turn down the heat on an agency whose current leadership, they say, is burning down American dominance in space and science. A ...
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