A plan written by Trump’s NASA pick was leaked. Here’s what to know about ‘Project Athena’

A 62-page document written by billionaire Jared Isaacman outlines a sweeping, ambitious, and at times controversial plan for the space agency.
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NASA Chief Nominee Isaacman Would Have Broad Backing if Confirmed

Isaacman was renominated for NASA administrator in November after previously being removed from consideration.

NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear

Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
Scientific American

This Mars-Bound Spacecraft Will Test Jared Isaacman’s Vision for NASA

NASA’s presumptive next leader wants to outsource more of the space agency’s interplanetary science. The newly launched ...
American Institute of Physics

Leaked NASA Manifesto Hints at Isaacman’s Vision for Science

Jared Isaacman has been renominated to lead NASA, and a document outlining his vision for the agency has been leaked to the ...

NASA quietly sends two spacecraft to Mars — and they're going a new way

A NASA mission will send twin spacecraft to Mars to learn what happened to the Red Planet's ancient, thick atmosphere.

Urine-based astronaut food to be tested aboard ISS: ‘A key capability for the future of space exploration’

With SpaceX and other agencies eyeing missions to Mars in the future, sustaining astronauts on these long-distance voyages ...
New Atlas

Why power Mars rovers with nuclear batteries when charging mats will do?

If you need to charge your $1,000 cell phone, you can simply plug it in, or even more easily, just lay it on a charging mat.

New Glenn Launch: How a £61M Mission Delivers Billion-Dollar Science

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launched NASA's ESCAPADE mission, a low-cost project using twin satellites to study Mars's ...