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Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.
'I weigh the same': NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video)
NASA astronaut Suni Williams says her weight is stable aboard the International Space Station, rebutting tabloid claims that her orbital stay has made her emaciated.
The Wright brothers and the first airplane flight
The Wright brothers made history with the successful flight of their Wright Flyer in 1903.
Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston
The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.
James Webb Space Telescope finds galaxies pointing toward a dark matter alternative
A new study suggests galaxies in the early universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, precisely as predicted by modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND.
Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer
CAS Space successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for its first foreign client, the Sultanate of Oman.
On this day in space! Nov. 12, 2014: Philae spacecraft gets lost on Comet 67p
On Nov. 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae landed on Comet 67P.
