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The perfectly fine, already-paid-for satellites Trump wants to destroy in a fiery atmospheric reentry
13 Aug 2025 11:13 GMT
By Andrew Freedman, CNN
(CNN) — NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution and other climate vital signs beginning as soon as October, sources inside and outside of the agency told CNN.
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Breaking news: NASA and SpaceX Deploy Classified X-37B Spaceplane to Expand U.S. Orbital Military Control
22 Aug 2025 11:42 GMT
… was initially developed as a NASA program focused on reusable … the program was transferred from NASA to the U.S. … manage both orbital maneuvers and atmospheric reentry. It is powered by … maintains a deep collaboration with NASA, serving as the agency’ …
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Stepping stone: On Shubhanshu Shukla, NASA-Axiom-ISRO tie-up
17 Jul 2025 20:17 GMT
… . Fortunately, clarifications from Axiom and NASA have since cast more light … docking and undocking, manual operations, atmospheric reentry, and anomaly management. Onboard the … its own. In all, the NASA-Axiom-ISRO tie-up emerges …
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UAH student group set to launch new instrument payload on NASA rocket to study harnessing reentry heat and converting it to electrical energy
17 Jul 2025 10:55 GMT
… project is part of the NASA RockSat Program, a hands … fly their experiments on NASA sounding rockets at the … materials to spacecraft undergoing atmospheric reentry as an alternative method … to the advancement of future NASA missions.
"We believe …
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SpaceX test fires next Super Heavy booster for Starship's 11th upcoming launch (video)
08 Sep 2025 19:30 GMT
… insertion, payload deployment, atmospheric reentry and soft splashdown of … Apollo mission in 1972. NASA's new … recently criticized by former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, during … uncrewed demonstration mission before NASA will qualify the vehicle …
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Is NASA Ready for Death in Space?
04 Jun 2025 23:12 GMT
… shortly before its automated atmospheric reentry—but their deaths were … decomposition breached the barrier. NASA even drop-tested the … and other tech multibillionaires?
NASA and its partners have … of mortality. To some, NASA’s preparations for astronautical …
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NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket gets 2nd stage even as Trump tries to scrap Space Launch System (photos)
05 May 2025 21:59 GMT
… the Artemis 2 mission, with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor … flying the second installment of NASA's Artemis program, … s heat shield caused by atmospheric reentry during Artemis 1 is to … propulsion stage (ICPS) atop @NASA_SLS for the @NASAArtemis II …
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X-15: NASA Somehow Built a Mach 6.7 Hypersonic Aircraft
08 Apr 2025 18:48 GMT
… thrust.
A documentary by NASA in 1962 provides background … of ruggedness and reliability,” a NASA publication explains.
“NAA, … portions of experimental flights,” NASA explained.
“At a Mach … high-speed flight and atmospheric reentry contributed to his later …
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Thin Film Sensor for Ultra High-Temp Measurement
04 Sep 2025 21:24 GMT
… reentry. (Image: NASA) Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have … Space Shuttle during its atmospheric reentry. The novel sensor design … high enthalpy environments. NASA is actively seeking licensees … technology. Please contact NASA’s Licensing Concierge at …
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Watchdog group says NASA went big on woke programs
12 Mar 2025 15:39 GMT
… atmospheric reentry do not care about antiracism talks and gender ‘affirmation’ policies. NASA … with gender transition, NASA urged workers to report … ” in hiring decisions.
NASA also spent hundreds of … from its mission.
NASA announced earlier this week …