The Senate confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman Wednesday in a 67-30 vote to serve as NASA administrator, months after President Donald Trump withdrew the same nomination during his public feud with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The confirmation places Isaacman, an investor in SpaceX and leader of two private spaceflight missions, at the […]
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Trump renominates Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA after earlier reversal
President Donald Trump has nominated Elon Musk ally Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator again, after yanking his nomination for the role earlier in 2025. Trump originally tapped Isaacman, a commercial astronaut and founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments, for the post, but Trump rescinded his nomination in May amid tension […]
NASA pushes back after Kim Kardashian claims moon landing was fake during reality show appearance
Kim Kardashian doesn’t believe America made it to the moon in 1969 and NASA is hitting back. On the most recent episode of “The Kardashians,” the reality TV star attempted to convince Sarah Paulson that the moon landing never happened. On Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were the first humans on […]
NASA reveals astronauts’ return ‘would not have happened’ without Trump’s intervention
NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens credited President Donald Trump for securing the return of two astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Stevens said the mission to rescue astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams was a “huge win for the Trump administration.” […]
NASA considers getting rid of Washington, D.C., headquarters: report
NASA is considering getting rid of its Washington, D.C., headquarters as part of the Trump administration’s effort to shrink the size of the federal government, according to a report. The move could affect as many as 2,500 jobs at the space agency and redistribute operations to NASA’s 10 field centers, Politico reported Friday, citing two […]
Ukraine’s DroneUA begins supplying robots to NASA
DroneUA, a Ukrainian distributor of unmanned systems, has started supplying robots to NASA, the company announced on March 4. The first test batch has already been sent to Virginia for trials, where experts will determine the most effective applications. NASA initiated the partnership, and DroneUA hopes it will lead to long-term cooperation. “Testing our solutions […]
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost lands on the moon with equipment for NASA
A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other equipment to deliver for NASA touched down on the moon on Sunday, the latest of several companies seeking to kickstart business on Earth’s natural satellite ahead of astronaut missions. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, targeting the slopes of an […]
Eight New Earth-Like Planets Discovered By Nasa
Eight more planets have been discovered that could possess watery oceans and life, including two of the most Earth-like yet found. The new worlds double the number of small exoplanets believed to be circling their stars in the “habitable zone&qu… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/06/nasas-kepler-spacecraft-discovers-eight-new-exoplanets-in-goldilocks-zone-_n_6425912.html?utm_hp_ref=uk