The Trump Administration included a $5.6 billion net cut to NASA’s spending in the 2027 budget.

This is the second time the White House has asked Congress for this reduction in NASA’s science program budget, recalling that the first request was last year but was rejected by lawmakers.

“The proposal comes at a time when NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is trying to overhaul the country’s space program.” As is known, last month Isaacman announced several changes at the agency, “such as the transition to commercial rockets for lunar launches, accelerating the pace of missions, and establishing a lunar base that will cost US$30 billion over the next decade.”

The White House has also called for the gradual retirement of the Space Launch System rocket, built by Boeing, given its enormous cost and delays, as well as the retirement of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Orion crew capsule, “which currently carries a crew of four astronauts on a lunar mission, to replace them with commercial alternatives.”

Another measure is a $1 billion cut to the International Space Station, whose decommissioning is planned for 2030.

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NASA announced on Tuesday the postponement of the launch of the historic Artemis II lunar mission to March.

The decision to change the date of the mission, which will send four astronauts into deep space for the first time since the Apollo program, was announced after completing a dress rehearsal early Tuesday morning, “a crucial test of the impressive rocket system that will propel the astronauts on an unprecedented trajectory around the Moon.”

NASA completed a wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission in the early morning hours on Feb. 3. To allow teams to review data and conduct a second wet dress rehearsal, NASA will now target March as the the earliest possible launch opportunity for the Artemis II mission.… pic.twitter.com/jSnCUPLQb6

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According to the space agency, several problems were detected during the test “because the cold weather caused a delay in the launch, including hydrogen leaks while filling the Artemis II Space Launch System rocket with propellant.”

With the change of launch date, previously scheduled for February 8, it will be possible to review the data and conduct a second launch test.

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NASA and Netflix have reached an agreement to stream live spacecraft launches and spacewalks, among other agency events, on the platform.

This new feature will be available to all subscribers, regardless of time zone, starting in late summer.

“For now, the partnership only includes live broadcasts, not the original documentaries that NASA produces for its platform. This means that if you want to dive into deeper stories about past missions or behind-the-scenes footage of space centers, you’ll have to keep visiting NASA+,” they clarified.

With this partnership, Netflix becomes NASA’s new hub for fans of spacecraft launches and related topics, thanks to live-streaming.

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The Titans Space Industries program selected Venezuelan engineer Melina Nava, a member of the 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class, from among the applicants to travel to space in March 2029.

Nava, a native of the Cabimas municipality in Zulia state, shared the information on her social media. She explained that she was selected from among thousands of applicants and that she is the only Venezuelan in the training program that will take her to space.

She explained that the private company Titans Space Industries opened the application process, she decided to submit her information without high expectations, and was selected among the first 50 candidates.

The young industrial engineer is, so far, the only Venezuelan in the program, a process that was conducted through a virtual interview. “They told me: welcome to the team. I was in shock,” she said, referring to the moment as a dream.

The future astronaut is expected to begin her training for space exploration in March 2029, the scheduled flight date. This training includes “psychological tests, physical preparation, and technical knowledge to know what to do in emergencies and how to operate equipment.”

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The Soviet probe Cosmos 482, which was launched into space to study the planet Venus in 1972, will return to Earth on an estimated date of May 13.

According to NASA, its entry into Earth’s atmosphere will be uncontrolled, and it is expected to survive this process.

As you may recall, the former Soviet Union launched the probe into orbit in 1972 bound for Venus, but “it never left Earth orbit.” More than half a century later, Cosmos 482 will return to the planet despite uncertain factors that could affect “a long, shallow reentry trajectory.”

No one can guarantee that, although it was designed for a denser atmosphere, with a protective shell of semiglobular titanium, it won’t break up or disintegrate extensively as it passes through Earth’s.

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NASA has postponed the next manned moon landing until mid-2027 due to technical failures in the capsule that will transport astronauts.

“The safety of our astronauts always comes first in our decision-making (…) We will not fly until we are ready,” said the head of the US space agency, Bill Nelson, during a press conference on Thursday, December 5. This postponed landing corresponds to the Artemis 3 mission, which would transport astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972.

The probable date to resume the launch will be in mid-2027, when NASA is expected to achieve the goal of “establishing a lasting presence on the Moon and preparing the ground for future missions to Mars.”

Technical problems have been the main reason for the postponements of the Artemis 2 and 3 missions. In this regard, Nelson has stated that they were able to identify the cause on that occasion by recreating the problem on Earth.

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NASA’s space launches for 2025 have not been confirmed. The schedule could be compromised due to technical failures with the Artemis spacecraft and financial problems.

The launch of Artemis II is expected for September of next year. However, it is too early to mark the date on the calendar due to NASA’s complications with these ships. The same is true for the launch date of Artemis III, scheduled for September 2026 and which would mark the first moon landing of a woman.

The problems with the ships have forced the space agency to study new materials and designs for the safety of the crew. On the other hand, there have been problems with the infrastructure on the ground for the launches. These technical problems are compounded by excessive costs, particularly for the SLS rocket, in the hands of Boeing, whose development is estimated at $17 billion. It must be added that each launch costs on average $4.1 billion.

The financial setbacks extend to the ML2 mobile launch towers, required for the SLS Block 1B rocket for Artemis IV. In this particular case, NASA made a payment of $383 million to the company Bechtel to build ML-2, with delivery scheduled for March 2023. The costs reach $2.7 billion, with the delivery date postponed to 2027.

These setbacks put NASA’s launch schedule at risk and predict a delay compared to the advances of China or any other country that reaches the financial lead, managing to put its ships into orbit before the United States.

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The participation of external people in NASA projects is possible through what they have called citizen science.

Non-NASA employees can perform tasks even just with a mobile phone, collecting data in different areas of the agency, but also observing space or carrying out experiments and then reporting the results.

There are some tasks with a greater demand for professional training and technological equipment. But the important thing is that the United States space agency “has 29 citizen science projects, open to collaboration.”

NASA’s objective is to obtain “collaboration between expert researchers and people outside the academy”, because the greater the number of observations, the better the results.

The 29 citizen science projects “range from the search for the hypothetical Planet 9 to investigating the atmosphere of our own planet, including the search for exoplanets and clues about dark energy. And, of course, keep track of life outside our planet.”

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Once the functions of the International Space Station (ISS) end, approximately in 2030, the SpaceX company will be in charge of its destruction by NASA, through an agreement of approximately 843 million dollars.

The United States space agency confirmed that Elon Musk’s company will build the “vehicle that will be responsible for deorbiting the International Space Station once it reaches the end of its useful life.”

The station’s retirement has been planned by NASA and the space agencies of Europe, Canada, Japan and Russia. The date has changed. However, it is known that the “retirement” process of the ISS will begin between 2026 and 2028 with the progressive withdrawal of personnel.

“Starting in January 2030, the process to empty the International Space Station will begin. First, the equipment that is part of the orbiting laboratory will be removed, while between June and November the last crew will be removed. NASA has established a line at 280 kilometers altitude as the point of no return for the ISS. This means that once you cross it, your final destination will be sealed.”

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NASA is scheduled for the launch of a geostationary satellite on June 25 in order to improve the monitoring of meteorological phenomena and the Earth’s environment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

“The mission will take off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from a platform at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and will aim to study the climatic conditions of space,” as reported.

The NOAA satellite, called GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) will carry a series of specialized instruments that will allow obtaining advanced quality images, performing atmospheric measurements and real-time mapping of lightning activity as well as detecting of approaching space weather hazards.

“It will include a new compact coronagraph (a device that allows observing dimly illuminated objects near a star) that will take images of the outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere to detect mass ejections from the corona.”

It is the fourth and last satellite in the GOES-R series. And its main objective will be to improve the ability to “monitor and forecast climate, ocean and environmental dynamics in real time.”

To obtain better images, the NASA satellite is equipped with seven high-definition instruments for monitoring the Earth’s western hemisphere. Once the launch is completed and in-orbit verification is done, NOAA “will redesignate GOES-U as GOES-19.”

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