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6 years ago
NASA Highlights Moon 2024 Mission with FY 2020 Budget Amendment
NASANASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine sent a video message to agency employees Monday about the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget amendment, which will support accelerated plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
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6 years ago
NASA Moon 2024 Budget Amendment Available, Media Teleconference Today
NASANASA leaders, including Administrator Jim Bridenstine, will host a media teleconference today, Monday, May 13 to discuss how a new budget amendment for the fiscal year 2020 proposal will help NASA’s plan to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
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6 years ago
NASA Brings Moon and More to Visitors at COSI Science Festival
NASANASA will host a range of activities and demonstrations, including a virtual reality chair and Oculus Go trip to the Moon, at the COSI Science Festival Wednesday, May 1, through Saturday, May 4, in Columbus, Ohio.
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6 years ago
NASA, Blue Origin Agreement Signals Rocketing Growth of Commercial Space
NASAOfficials from NASA and the private space company Blue Origin have signed an agreement that grants the company use of a historic test stand as the agency focuses on returning to the Moon and on to Mars, and America’s commercial space industry continues to grow.
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6 years ago
NASA Selects Two New Space Tech Research Institutes for Smart Habitats
NASAAs exploration missions venture beyond low-Earth orbit and to the Moon — and eventually Mars — NASA must consider automated technologies to keep habitats operational even when they are not occupied by astronauts. To help achieve this, NASA has selected two new Space Technology Research Institutes (STRIs) to advance space habitat designs using resil
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6 years ago
NASA Administrator Statement on Return to Moon in Next Five Years
NASAThe following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Tuesday’s announcement by Vice President Mike Pence, at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council, about putting American astronauts back on the Moon in the next five years:
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6 years ago
NASA Administrator Statement on NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, FY 2020 Budget
NASAThe following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine:
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6 years ago
March 11 Events Highlight NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, FY 2020 Budget
NASANASA invites media and social media to agency centers across the country Monday, March 11, to get an up-close look at America’s work to return astronauts to the Moon and on to Mars, following the delivery of President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal to the U.S. Congress.
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6 years ago
NASA Secures First International Partnership for Moon to Mars Lunar Gateway
NASAThe following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the announcement Thursday by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about Canada’s support for the Gateway lunar outpost and deep space exploration:
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6 years ago
NASA Administrator Statement on Israeli Moon Mission
NASAThe following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday’s launch of Israel’s first mission beyond Earth’s orbit. SpaceIL’s lander blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and now is on its way to becoming the first commercial lander to reach the Moon’s surface.
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