Lower-cost space missions are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price | The Conversation

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...

Jerusalem partners with NASA, looks forward to first Israeli woman in space

The deal will anchor joint projects with NASA until 2035, and is designed to expand already close cooperation on flagship ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

What’s better – many small space missions, or a few large, sweeping ones? Space scientists are asking this question as they ...
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Panhandle Legends: Rick Husband, mission commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – The United States will mark 23 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2026, in which tragedy marked the end of the 16-day mission with the deaths of ...
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Copake Falls native among 10 chosen for NASA’s newest astronaut class

COPAKE — One of a handful of Americans selected as part of NASA’s 24th astronaut class hails from a small Columbia County hamlet on the Massachusetts border. Imelda Muller, 34, was born on Long Island ...
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Here’s why NASA wants your photos of hurricane damage

NASA is launching a pilot program to harness citizen science for faster hurricane disaster recovery. The space agency, in collaboration with the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the ...
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NASA introduces project for the public's hurricane photos. How it could help during Erin

The center of Hurricane Erin continues to swirl east of Florida as it moves Wednesday morning, Aug. 20 at a north-northwest trajectory. Amid Hurricane Erin, NASA is introducing a project inviting ...
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Why NASA wants the public to submit hurricane damage photos

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) pilot program will utilize citizen science to help expedite hurricane disaster recovery. The space agency -- along with the Globe Program, a ...