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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Duffy wants NASA to reopen SpaceX moon lander contract. Musk called him 'Sean Dummy'

Musk's tirade came after Duffy announced NASA plans to reopen its moon landing contract with SpaceX, now worth $4.4 billion, to other bidders. NASA had previously awarded the lucrative contract to ...
New York Post

Texas woman surprised as lost hunk of NASA equipment lands on her farm: ‘It’s kind of surreal’

When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn’t know what to make of the bulky object slowly drifting across the sky. She was even more surprised to see what actually landed in ...
NBC Chicago

Car-sized piece of wayward NASA research equipment lands on Texas farm

When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn't know what to make of the bulky object slowly drifting across the sky. She was even more surprised to see what actually landed in ...
The Motley Fool

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, as NASA Kicks Sierra Space to the Curb

NASA awarded Sierra Space's parent company part of a $14 billion ISS supply contract in 2016. Nearly 10 years later, everyone on that contract but Sierra Space is doing supply runs to ISS. Last week, ...
KING5

Sammamish woman named NASA astronaut candidate

SAMMAMISH, Wash. — A woman from Sammamish joined the prestigious ranks of NASA astronaut candidates Monday. Lauren Edgar, 40, of Sammamish was one of 10 candidates named to this year’s class out of ...
WDRB

NASA selects woman from Kentucky, man from southern Indiana for 2025 astronaut class

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- NASA introduced its newest class of astronauts, and two of them are from Kentuckiana. Erin Overcash, 34, is from Goshen, Kentucky, and Yuri Kubo, 40, is from Columbus, ...
The Indianapolis Star

Purdue grad from Indiana in NASA's 2025 astronaut class. They might walk on the moon, or Mars

NASA announced the next group of astronaut candidates selected from more than 8,000 applications. Yuri Kubo, a Columbus native and Purdue graduate, was selected along with nine other candidates. NASA ...
Science Daily

Life on Mars? NASA discovers potential biosignatures in Martian mudstones

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered mudstones in Mars’ Jezero Crater that contain organic carbon and unusual textures hinting at possible biosignatures. These findings suggest that ancient ...
Houston Chronicle

Vanessa Wyche returns to her role as director of NASA's Johnson Space Center

Wyche was tapped as the agency's acting associate administrator, the third highest-ranking executive within NASA, earlier this year by acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro. "It was an honor to ...
NJ.com

Look up tonight: 3 NASA rockets scheduled to streak through the sky visible from N.J.

UPDATE: The rocket launch was scrubbed at about 2 a.m. Wednesday because of cloudy skies and other atmospheric conditions. NASA says it will try again between 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 a.m.
Ars Technica

NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations

About five years from now, a modified Dragon spacecraft will begin to fire its Draco thrusters, pushing the International Space Station out of its orbit and sending the largest object humans have ...