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 ...
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NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather

CINEMA, a mission to improve understanding of the growing impacts of space weather, has been competitively selected by NASA ...
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NASA astrophysics director offers optimistic vision despite budget uncertainty

The head of NASA’s astrophysics division offered an upbeat assessment of upcoming missions, a stark contrast to the agency’s ...

NASA taps UAB for $37 million contract for lunar, Mars missions

UAB’s School of Engineering has secured a NASA contract to support America’s return to the moon. The schools Engineering and ...

After key Russian launch site is damaged, NASA accelerates Dragon supply missions

Since the accident Russia’s main space corporation, Roscosmos, has been assessing plans to repair the Site 31 launch site and ...
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Heliophysics mission concepts CINEMA and CMEx progress in NASA review

NASA advances heliophysics mission concepts as CINEMA enters Phase B for flight planning and CMEx receives an extended Phase A study for further design assessment.

NASA astronaut back on Earth after 8 months on space station

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim flew home with two Roscosmos cosmonauts from the International Space Station packed tight in their ...
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Dozens of NASA space missions could be axed under Trump's budget: Here's a look at 6

Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the White House. President Donald Trump's administration, which released an initial budget proposal ...

NASA begins moon mission plume-surface interaction tests

In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace ...

Is NASA closing Goddard Space Flight Center? Here's what to know

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is facing controversy over potential building closures. Here's what's been ...

5 historic US missions to space that weren't NASA

When we think of space exploration, NASA immediately comes to mind. Yet some of the most groundbreaking space endeavors were ...

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

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...