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$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

Why So Many NASA Workers Are Leaving The Agency All At Once

Thousands of NASA employees will be leaving the agency in the span of a few months, and the reason why raises many concerns ...

With 15,000 workers furloughed and funds uncertain, NASA focuses on one mission — return to the moon

The space agency has been grappling with budget uncertainties and a talent exodus even before the shutdown. But NASA’s moon ...

NASA’s JPL cuts 550 jobs in latest round of layoffs at La Cañada Flintridge facility

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 550 employees Tuesday, reducing the La Cañada Flintridge facility’s workforce by ...

NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad

The next stop was a nearby building where the Launch Abort System was installed on the Orion spacecraft. The tower-like abort ...

NASA supercomputers calculated when life will end on Earth. Here’s our deadline

In collaboration with researchers from Toho University in Japan, NASA researchers have used supercomputers to model and determine how long life will remain possible on Earth. The calculated end date ...
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NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory braces for another round of layoffs as budget cuts loom. Approximately 550 employees of NASA ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off 550 workers

The director of the California lab said the layoffs — around 10% of the JPL workforce — aren't a result of the government ...

Moon's largest crater harbors secret on south pole where NASA astronauts will land

Could Artemis III astronauts collect some lunar samples that shed light on the moon's mysterious past? That's what a team of ...

Students get a flying start into space by working with NASA

For high school and college-level students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics , the unique learning ...

Shuttered 192-acre North Carolina NASA campus hits market for $30M

Perkins said that the government spent approximately $250 million constructing it during the 1960s Space Race, which would ...
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Woman Surprised When Large Chunk of NASA Equipment Crashes Down From Sky

A West Texas woman found one of NASA’s missing unmanned scientific research balloons when it crashed in her neighbor's field.