Jeff Foust

Rockville

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NASA’s ESCAPADE could launch on second New Glenn

3 weeks ago | copernical.com | Jeff Foust

A NASA Mars smallsat mission bumped from the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn is tentatively set to fly on the second New Glenn later this summer.
NASA’s ESCAPADE could launch on second New Glenn

3 weeks ago | spacenews.com | Jeff Foust

WASHINGTON — A NASA Mars smallsat mission bumped from the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn is tentatively set to fly on the second New Glenn later this summer. A line in NASA’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, released May 30, provided the first public indication that NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission will launch on the second New Glenn.
Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts

3 weeks ago | copernical.com | Jeff Foust

An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts

3 weeks ago | spacenews.com | Jeff Foust

WASHINGTON — An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
Second ispace lunar lander presumed lost

3 weeks ago | copernical.com | Jeff Foust

Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed attempting a landing on the moon June 5.
Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill

3 weeks ago | copernical.com | Jeff Foust

The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee unveiled a proposal to add $10 billion to a budget reconciliation bill to offset cuts to NASA human spaceflight and exploration programs.
Second ispace lunar lander presumed lost

3 weeks ago | spacenews.com | Jeff Foust

WASHINGTON — Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed attempting a landing on the moon June 5. Resilience was scheduled to land at 3:17 p.m. Eastern at Mare Frigoris, a region at about 60 degrees north latitude on the near side of the moon. Once on the surface, the lander was designed to operate for a lunar day, or about two weeks, until sunset causes the solar-powered lander to shut down.
Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill

3 weeks ago | spacenews.com | Jeff Foust

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee unveiled a proposal to add $10 billion to a budget reconciliation bill to offset changes to NASA human spaceflight and exploration programs in the administration’s budget proposal. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released June 5 a package of “legislative directives” he seeks to include the Senate version of a budget reconciliation bill, a broader package that includes both new spending and recissions of existing spending, along with tax cuts.
NASA withdraws support for conferences

3 weeks ago | copernical.com | Jeff Foust

A space station research conference has been canceled and the future of a long-running planetary science conference is in doubt as NASA pulls back support for those events.
NASA withdraws support for conferences

3 weeks ago | spacenews.com | Jeff Foust

WASHINGTON — A space station research conference has been canceled and the future of a long-running planetary science conference is in doubt as NASA pulls back support for those events. The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the organization that operates the International Space Station National Lab, announced June 4 that it was cancelling the upcoming ISS Research and Development Conference that was scheduled for the end of July in Seattle.