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Bill Nelson steps down as NASA chief as Trump begins 2nd term
Bill Nelson has stepped down as NASA administrator, ending a half-century of public service. Janet Petro is now the agency's ...
NASA Adminitrator Bill Nelson pens letter to agency's next chief as Kennedy Space Center’s Janet Petro becomes interim leader
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building, and while President Donald Trump’s nominee awaits a confirmation hearing, the head of Kennedy Space Center will keep things afloat. Nelson, who ...
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NASA administrator steps down, urges continuity under new leadership
In a letter to his replacement, outgoing NASA leader Bill Nelson emphasizes the agency’s activities ‘transcend the length of ...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson writes letter to next leader, reflects on legacy and future of space exploration
"America is leading humanity back to the Moon, onward to Mars, and into a golden age of space exploration," Nelson wrote, ...
Assessing Claims About NASA’s Two ‘Stranded’ Astronauts
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk announced this week that SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Musk, will be ...
Bill Nelson Retires as NASA Chief; Janet Petro Named Acting Administrator
Bill Nelson retires as NASA administrator; Janet Petro steps in as acting chief, awaiting Jared Isaacman’s confirmation.
NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how.
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.
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NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...
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NASA collected potential evidence of life on Mars. Now it’s pitching new plans to retrieve the cache
The board’s assessment also pushed the expected return date of the samples from 2031 to 2040 — a delay that was “simply unacceptable,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson reiterated Tuesday.