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• U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers urged NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to reverse unilateral funding cuts to the...

NASA has postponed the launch of its Dragonfly mission to Titan until 2028, with formal confirmation of the project not expected until later next year.

The officials criticized the cuts and urged NASA leadership to reconsider the move.

NASA currently has Mars sample return as their priority flagship mission not just for this decade but for the next one as well. They were recommended to do this in the 2012 decadal review. It is good for geology, nobody doubts that. But it is motivated mainly by the search for ancient life on Mars.

(KRON) — Hundreds of tech and science jobs will be lost in California if NASA moves forward with a plan to cut funding from the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, according to state lawmakers. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.-30), sent a letter on Wednesday to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to […]

NASA has taken the unusual step of cutting its own budget for the Mars Sample Return mission. What's going on?

Miami FL (UPI) Nov 23, 2023 - A group of California lawmakers on Wednesday asked NASA and Administrator Bill Nelson to rethink the space agencys budget cuts that they believe will cost jobs and scientific advances. In a l

The funding cut would “result in the loss of hundreds of California jobs

When it comes to the exploration of other planets, the best we can do with our current level of technological development is to rely on robots of various...

Many in California's Congressional delegation have asked NASA and Administrator Bill Nelson to rethink the space agency's budget cuts that they believe will cost jobs and scientific advances in a letter released on Wedne