NASA shuts off key instrument on Voyager 1 to keep humanity's 1st interstellar explorer going

The instrument was used to measure low-energy charged particles, including ions, electrons, cosmic rays originating from our ...

NASA turns off more instruments on Voyager 1 to keep it going.

Some parts of the probe were powered down last year, but power dropped unexpectedly during a maneuver on February 27th, leading NASA to shut down the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment (LECP) ...

White House budget puts 54 NASA science missions on the chopping block

An analysis by the nonprofit science advocacy group The Planetary Society has identified 54 NASA missions that may be ...

A renewed threat to JPL as the Trump administration tries again to cut NASA

The cuts, proposed in the Trump administration's 2027 budget request to Congress, would pose further challenges to the ...

The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission ...

There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget

Months after Congress voted against the Trump administration’s brutal NASA budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, the White ...
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NASA science faces 'very serious threat' from new White House budget, experts say

"This is the least transparent NASA budget request I've ever seen — and I've literally looked through every single one since ...

The real space science behind 'Project Hail Mary'

The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other ...

Another mysterious NASA death as ninth scientist linked to secret programs dies

A NASA scientist mysteriously died without any cause of death listed or autopsy — sparking questions about whether he was ...
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‘I love science': NASA administrator defends decision to close Goddard library

NASA's newly confirmed administrator visited Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and defended the decision to close the facility’s library – NASA’s largest. Jared Isaacman emphasized Goddard’s ...

Senate Republican calls proposed NASA budget cuts a ‘mistake’

Republican Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to NASA. “I think it would ...

Here's How NASA Uses Star Wars TIE Fighter Technology In Real Life

Here's the real science behind NASA technology and the ideas that inspired iconic "Star Wars" spacecraft, from propulsion ...