Science Mission Directorate

NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond

A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or ...
Phys.org

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...
Ars Technica

One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration’s previous plan to ...
CNN

Inside the scramble to save NASA’s half-billion-dollar, water-hunting moon rover

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A half-billion ...
Ars Technica

White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

Although the Trump administration will not publicly release its budget request for at least a few more weeks, senior agency officials are starting to be briefed on the president’s priorities. This ...
Space.com

'NASA is under attack.' Space agency employees and lawmakers protest mass layoffs, science cuts amid budget turmoil

WASHINGTON — NASA scientists and engineers are demanding Congress help turn down the heat on an agency whose current leadership, they say, is burning down American dominance in space and science. A ...
SpaceNews

NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory would be terminated in the agency's fiscal year 2026 budget request. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with AIA comment. REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — NASA ...
The Washington Post

Trump’s NASA budget could cede solar system to China, scientists warn

There is a fully tenured NASA spacecraft named Mars Odyssey that has been faithfully orbiting the Red Planet since October 2001. It has made more than 100,000 spins around Mars. No spacecraft has ...
Space.com

NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say

"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...
CNN

A plan written by Trump’s NASA pick was leaked. Here’s what to know about ‘Project Athena’

A 62-page document written by President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again pick to run NASA, billionaire Jared Isaacman, outlines a sweeping, ambitious, and at times controversial plan for the space ...
The New York Times

NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters

About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion. By Kenneth Chang NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as ...