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A bipartisan House group has urged congressional appropriations leadership to fund certain space and science offices at levels proposed by the Senate.

NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, made his international space debut at a global gathering in Sydney.

As the clock ticks toward a U.S. government shutdown, opponents claim the Trump administration will undermine NASA's missions, safety protocols and workforce.

Determining whether the sample contains evidence of past life cannot be answered until it is brought to Earth for analysis.

The Trump administration’s proposal to reduce NASA’s budget by 24% has so far met a solid rebuke in Congress.

House appropriators have joined their Senate counterparts in approving a budget measure that opposes the deep cut to NASA proposed by the White House.

Rep. Brian Babin of Texas believes Congress has the bipartisan muscle to sustain the nation’s space lead over China.

“Right now we are planning to the limits—or the resources—that were set for us in the president’s budget,” NASA's Nicola Fox says.

NASA’s inspector general is concerned about the agency's ability to address risks to its infrastructure from climate- and weather-related events.

Less flight research, fewer wind tunnels and a smaller workforce are ahead for NASA aeronautics.

Satellite images of China’s vast wind-tunnel complex suggest the existence of a nearly complete cryogenic facility able to test large transonic transport aircraft while NASA is preparing to mothball several sites because of budget issues.

Editors share what they heard at AIAA's showcase events in Las Vegas and their concerns about what the NASA cuts could mean for U.S. competitiveness in commercial aviation and space.

NASA is nearing the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2026 with continuing uncertainty.

Those taking part in NASA’s upcoming Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing to adjust as necessary to a dynamic period.

The U.S. Space Force last week released its first International Partnership Strategy.

A U.S. House subcommittee on July 15 voted to reject NASA funding cuts contained in the White House’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal.

Congress and the White House are sending NASA mixed messages about the future of the Artemis program to return humans to the Moon.

NASA has issued a request for proposals to establish joint government and commercial communications and navigation around the Earth, Moon and Mars.

NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed is just one “invaluable resource” for industry at Ohio’s Armstrong Test Facility.

In the waning days of June, NASA and its contractors conducted three tests and demonstrations for Artemis missions that the Trump administration seeks to end.

Boeing has delivered the ninth and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES ahead of a scheduled launch this summer.

U.S. electric power startup Magnix says it aims to continue working with NASA on the technology.

The U.S. Space Force expects to soon award a second contract for its next batch of missile warning/missile tracking satellites in medium Earth orbit.

Northrop Grumman and NASA on June 26 conducted the first test of its Booster Obsolescence Life Extension solid rocket motor.

The U.S. Space Force is considering the optimal way to build out a vast and critical data transport satellite architecture in low Earth orbit.