Work On NASA Moon Program Continues Despite Government Shutdown

NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy (right)

NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy (right) participated in the heads of agencies session of the 76th International Astronautical Congress.

Credit: International Astronautical Federation
Despite the temporary nature of his job, NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is pressing to keep the U.S. space agency tightly focused on returning astronauts to the Moon, possibly as early as 2027 and hopefully ahead of a planned lunar landing by China. “We can’t waste a day,” Duffy told...
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