In a shocking shake-up, President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman—an Elon Musk ally—to lead NASA. The decision comes just days before Isaacman’s long-delayed Senate confirmation vote. With no clear explanation from Trump, the space industry is left reeling. Is this a political snub to Musk? What does it mean for NASA’s future under budget cuts, leadership uncertainty, and mounting space race pressures? We break down the power dynamics, the controversy over SpaceX ties, and who might take the reins next—including the rumored pick, Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast.
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a bizarre, skull-shaped rock—dubbed “Skull Hill”—on the Jezero Crater rim of Mars. The dark, angular rock with tiny pits sharply contrasts the surrounding terrain. Scientists speculate it may have formed through erosion or resulted from an ancient impact event.
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Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Expedition 72 crew lands in Kazakhstan
A Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut has returned to Earth as the International Space Station’s Expedition 72 crew end their seven-month research assignment.
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Katy Perry and Gayle King have come back down to Earth flowing their flight to the edge of space on Monday morning, which marked the first flight to space by an all-female crew. They joined and Lauren Sánchez, film producer Kerianne Flynn, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and research scientist Amanda Nguyen on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin spaceflight.
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US-Russian crew lifts off to ISS for 8-month mission
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched on Tuesday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for an eight-month research mission at the International Space Station.
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At the end of last year astronomers detected a new asteroid named 2024 YR4 but it wasn’t like other solar system travelers. That’s because this one passed right by us and, after further..