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A “slow bleed” of funding threatens NASA’s science flagships

Budgets are tight at NASA, especially for its science programs. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate sought an increase of nearly half a billion dollars in...

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NASA to extend New Horizons mission through late 2020s

WASHINGTON — NASA has agreed to extend operations of its New Horizons spacecraft through late this decade to support “multidisciplinary” science that could include...

House and Senate appropriators cut NASA’s budget

WASHINGTON — House and Senate appropriators have drafted bills that would give NASA slightly less money in 2024 than it received in 2023, rather...

Mars Sample Return cost growth threatens other science missions

WASHINGTON — NASA’s effort to return samples from Mars is facing increasing costs that is putting pressure not just on other planetary science missions...

NASA puts UK physicist Nicola Fox in charge of $7.8bn science programme

Leading light: As NASA’s associate administrator for the science mission directorate, Fox will be responsible for an...

Heliophysics director named NASA associate administrator for science

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — NASA has selected the head of its heliophysics division as its new associate administrator for science, responsible for a $7.8 billion...

Progress and obstacles for space weather forecasting

DENVER – While Congress and the Biden Administration recognize the potential threat posed by space weather, the United States needs to improve its ability...

NOAA might revise geostationary weather satellite timeline

DENVER – High demand for space weather data is prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to consider revising the schedule for its geostationary...

Fiscal year 2023 omnibus bill provides $25.4 billion for NASA

WASHINGTON — A fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill will provide NASA with nearly $25.4 billion, an increase of more than 5% from 2022...

Space Launch System: One Step Closer to the Moon—and Beyond

With the successful launch of Artemis I and the second SLS rocket nearing completion, aerospace experts engage the next generation, assuring them that this...

White House requests $26 billion for NASA in ’23, adds funds for second moon lander

The White House's fiscal year 2023 budget request for NASA totals $26 billion, including $7.5 billion for the agency's Artemis moon program, a boost over this year's budget to help pay for development of a second human-rated lander to ferry astronauts to the lunar surface.

NASA selects two heliophysics missions

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NASA has selected a spacecraft to study the sun’s corona and a cluster of smallsats to monitor turbulence in the solar wind as its next Explorer-class heliophysics missions.

The post NASA selects two heliophysics missions appeared first on SpaceNews.

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