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- NASA Scales Back Mars Exploration Strategy to Fit Budget
NASA is fundamentally overhauling its Mars exploration strategy, ditching multibillion-dollar "flagship" missions in favor of cheaper, more efficient projects for now, agency officials announced Monday (Feb. 13). - Is NASA giving up on Mars?
NASA's 2013 budget includes deep cuts to its planetary science mission, particularly its efforts to send spacecraft to Mars. Instead, the space agency will focus on human spaceflight and infrared astronomy. Is NASA now heading down the wrong path? - NASA Space Shuttle-Carrying Jumbo Jet Retires After One Last Flight
One of only two planes ever to carry NASA's space shuttles on piggy-back rides across the country has taken its last flight after more than 20 years of service. - NASA kills Mars deal with Europe
The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain. - Obama's 2013 NASA Budget Request Shifts Funds from Mars to Space Tech
The proposed 2013 federal budget unveiled by President Barack Obama today (Feb. 13) keeps NASA funding relatively flat next year, but bites deep into the agency's robotic Mars mission coffers while shifting new funds to human exploration and space technology. - NASA Approves DUNMORE Film for Broad Use in Protecting Spacecraft Components
BRISTOL, Pa., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â NASA has approved a high-performance DUNMORE Corporation film as one of its primary materials for protecting electronic spacecraft components from static electricity, ... - Obama to slash NASA budget. Will space exploration suffer?
NASA’s planetary science division would shoulder a heavy share of the cut. Under the president’s proposal, its budget would drop from $1.5 billion to $1.2 billion, a 20 percent reduction. - NASA Shuts Down Last Mainframe
It's the end of an era; NASA announced this week that it has shut down its last mainframe computer. - NASA budget boosts manned space, cuts Mars exploration
NASA's $17.7 billion 2013 budget request boosts the Obama administration's manned space initiatives and the over-budget James Webb Space Telescope at the expense of robotic Mars exploration, critics say. - NASA Reaches For The Stars With Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request
NASA announced Monday a $17.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2013 supporting an ambitious program of space exploration that will build on new technologies and proven capabilities to expand America's reach into the solar system. Despite a constrained fiscal environment, the NASA FY13 budget continues to implement the space science and exploration program agreed to by President Obama and a ...