The director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is leaving after three years on the job and will be replaced by a longtime lab official.

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The White House has nominated a former Air Force officer and advocate for the Space Force to be the deputy administrator of NASA.

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Democratic leaders of two House committee are asking NASA and the Defense Department to investigate claims that SpaceX takes investment from Chinese sources as well as broader conflict-of-interest concerns.

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Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around the moon ahead of a landing attempt in early June.

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The Federal Aviation Administration will allow SpaceX to perform as many as 25 Starship launches a year from its Texas site, five times the previous limit.

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The White House’s proposal to cut NASA’s budget by nearly 25% and cancel several major programs has drawn criticism from industry and members of Congress, while raising concerns among international partners.

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Startup Inversion Space says its first flight of a reentry vehicle was “profoundly valuable” even though the vehicle did not reenter.

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The White House is proposing to phase out SLS and Orion spacecraft as well as reduce ISS operations in its fiscal year 2026 budget request.

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NASA will continue efforts to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer through mid-June, holding out hope it can still conduct its mission to search for water ice on the moon.

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Lockheed Martin formally delivered to NASA May 1 the Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, keeping that mission on track for a launch in early 2026.

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Radian Aerospace, a company with long-term plans to develop a spaceplane, intends first to develop a reentry vehicle as both a technology demonstrator and for hypersonic test applications.

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NASA is delaying the next competition for an astrophysics mission by a year, the latest sign of the fiscal pressures from an upcoming budget proposal.

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NASA is investigating a problem with the electric propulsion system on its Psyche asteroid spacecraft, but an agency official said it is not currently a major concern.

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The Senate Commerce Committee voted April 30 to advance Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA administrator to the full Senate, bringing him one step from confirmation.

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A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite for the European Space Agency, a mission officials said was also a demonstration of European space sovereignty.

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A Firefly Alpha rocket malfunctioned during an April 29 launch, preventing a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite on board from reaching orbit.

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Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round intended to help the company accelerate production of satellite buses.

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An Atlas 5 successfully launched April 28 the long-delayed first set of operational Project Kuiper broadband satellites for Amazon.

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A veteran NASA astronaut just back from the International Space Station believes the orbiting facility can operate well past its planned 2030 retirement date

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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space transportation office is leaving the agency through a deferred resignation program.

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Commercial space infrastructure developer Axiom Space has named its chief revenue officer, Tejpaul Bhatia, as its new chief executive.

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NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman says he would, if necessary, prioritize Artemis over human missions to Mars and calls a potential halving of NASA science funding not “optimal.”

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NASA is canceling the lease for the offices of a branch of the Goddard Space Flight Center in New York that does Earth science research.

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Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work.

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