While the country was focused on the coronavirus pandemic in early April, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing U.S. policy on the the mining of off-Earth resources.
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SpaceX makes historic launch of NASA astronauts, leaving pandemic and riots behind
In a rare bit of good news coming out in 2020, SpaceX launched NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft.
NASA emails reveal a very near-miss from a “city-killer” asteroid
Climate change prodigy Greta Thunberg spent the better portion of a week recounting her fears of mass extinction to the U.S. Congress and the United Nations.
NASA investigating first allegation of criminal activity in orbit
It is being reported that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is investigating an allegation that an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) improperly accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse, which looks to be the first allegation of criminal activity from space.
Five “Woke” Takes on Moonwalk 50th Anniversary
Professor Jacobson shared his boyhood memories of the first time a man walked on the moon, and he spoke of how moving that was and remains. Indeed, across the nation, the majority of Americans feel the same way about a defining moment in our shared history.
Apollo 11: New Documentary Captures America’s First Journey to the Moon
Yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing. As bittersweet as it is that it’s been almost as long since the last of our six moon landings finished in 1972,...
America was Great: 50 years ago, men walked on the moon for the first time
It still sends chills up my spine.
At 21:56:15 p.m. Eastern Standard on this date 50 years ago, men walked on the moon for the first time.
Trump Administration targets 2024 for next moon mission
After returning the priorities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration back to aeronautics and space, the Trump Administration is targeting 2024 as the year that the U.S. will launch its next mission to the moon.
NASA testing ability to change asteroid orbits for planetary defense
From time to time, I have covered the history of asteroid impacts on Earth that result in real global climate change and verifiable world-wide extinctions.
In a heart-warming development that shows that many scientists recognize a real risk to the Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is now developing space...
NASA’s newest mission success: InSight lander is now exploring Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s newest exploration vehicle InSight landed on Mars on Monday with much social media fanfare on earth.
Mission Control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory exploded into celebratory applause and cheers after...
NASA introduces its first ‘Commercial Crew Astronauts’
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formally introduced the first crew members of joint public-private space exploration efforts, launching a clear return to the agency’s original mission of space exploration.
U.S. Space Force: Trump signs order for 6th branch of military
President Donald Trump certainly goes where no man has gone before, executively.
He has steadily erased his predecessor’s legacy, returning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to its original mission of space exploration after it spent years orbiting Planet Diversity. He has directed NASA to partner with American companies to advance...
Trump administration jettisons $10 million NASA program tracking greenhouse gases
In a move that has enraged green justice warriors across the globe, A $10 million per year National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program to track key global warming contributors carbon and methane has been canceled.
The program called the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) was cut due to ‘budget constraints and higher...
How Harry Reid launched the Pentagon’s UFO Program
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid left quite a legacy.
Not only did he weaken the power of the minority party to filibuster Cabinet-level appointees and most judicial nominees, but he also funded a mysterious Pentagon program that sought Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).
Cassini Spacecraft ends its mission to Saturn with a bang
NASA scientists and fans of space science said their goodbyes to the Cassini spacecraft Friday, as it plunged into Saturn and concluded a successful 20-year mission to Earth’s spectacular sister planet.
…One of the last pieces of data captured by Cassini was an infrared image of the place into which it took...
NASA’s Latest Frontier: Tackling Earth’s Supervolcanoes
I have noted in previous posts, President Trump’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is returning to its original mission: Focusing on space exploration and research.
In the past month, the agency released plans for an ambitious project related to Earth’s protection from asteroid strikes.
On Friday, the space agency announced plans to...
NASA Announces New Discovery Missions
Wednesday, NASA announced two new missions:
On Jan. 4, NASA announced the selection of two missions to explore previously unexplored asteroids. The first mission, called Lucy, will study asteroids, known as Trojan...
