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4 senior officials close to NASA moon program retire

Key NASA officials' departure casts more uncertainty over US moon program

NASA is losing four key senior officials close to its flagship moon program, according to people familiar with the changes, adding more uncertainty over the agency's space exploration trajectory as Elon Musk and President Donald Trump play up missions to Mars.

NASA Associate Administrator, Other Key Officials Resign

NASA in a Wednesday news release revealed that associate administrator Jim Free—a major figure in the Artemis moon mission program and a vocal defender of the agency’s lunar exploration efforts—will step down, effective Saturday. The Artemis III lunar landing is tentatively scheduled for mid-2027.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 12h

Four senior officials close to NASA moon program retire

Four NASA senior officials working on the agency’s moon program, Artemis, will retire this week. These officials were part of the team that succeeded in launching Artemis I as “the first flight test of the integrated Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket,

South China Morning Post on MSN · 1d

Nasa shake-up casts doubt on moon programme, as Musk and Trump turn to Mars

The US space agency is losing four senior officials, insiders say, including a key defender of the Artemis missions Nasa is losing four key senior officials close to its flagship moon programme, according to people familiar with the changes,

Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit

Blue Ghost Lowers Orbit and Snaps Rare Views of the Moon’s Far Side

The latest private lunar lander is a little closer to its destination. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost fired its engines early in the morning of February 18, marking the latest stage in its 45-day long trip to the Moon.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

'Goodbye Earth, hello moon': What Blue Ghost lander has been up to in NASA mission

"trans lunar injection." Then on Thursday, the lander, named Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes to propel the spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit toward the moon. The engine burn was the most challenging the lander had conducted with its main engine and thrusters since launching Jan.

Space on MSN · 1d

Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander lowered its orbit around the moon Tuesday (Feb. 18), sending back gorgeous footage from just over the lunar surface.

IFLScience on MSN6d

Going To The Moon Or Mars Next? NASA And Congress Are Not Seeing Eye-To-Eye

If everything goes according to plan, in just over two years we should see humans back on the Moon. That has been the goal of ...

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Trump sends moon rock back to NASA that had been displayed in White House since 2021

The moon rock signifying NASA's lunar ambitions had adorned Joe Biden's Oval Office throughout his entire presidential ...

Moon or Mars? Why not both, acting NASA head Janet Petro says

NASA still views the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, even though Elon Musk has dismissed Earth's nearest neighbor as "a ...

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Space Exploration Reaches an Inflection Point

Happy Thursday! A bakery owner in New Hampshire took to the courts after a local zoning board ordered him to take down a ...

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Planets align in February. Will rare 7-planet parade be visible in Mississippi? Learn more

Mississippi stargazers will be able to see 4 or 5 planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. Will you be able ...

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Moon or Mars? NASA's future at a crossroads under Trump

Though Artemis was conceived in President Donald Trump's first term, he has openly mused about bypassing the Moon and heading ...

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How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

Space on MSN6d

Fastest exoplanet ever is dragged through space at 1.2 million mph by hypervelocity star

Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...

MIT Technology Review2d

Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon

The radiation-hardened technology will get its first test in an upcoming mission to the lunar south pole.

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