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NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce



Washington (AFP) July 26, 2025
The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce - at the same time as the president prioritizes plans for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. In an emailed statement, NASA said around 3,000 employees took part in the second round of its deferred resignation program, which closed late Friday. Combined with the 870 who joined the first round and regular staff departures, the agency's civil servant workforce is set to dr ... read more

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MOON DAILY
Moon erosion by solar wind far less than expected finds lunar rock study
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
The Moon's fragile exosphere, a sparse envelope of gas surrounding the lunar body, is mainly generated by interactions between the Moon's surface and external forces. Until now, scientists believed ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA: Senegal is 56th country to sign Artemis Accords
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2025
Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday. ... more
MOON DAILY
Young magmas on the came from much shallower depths
Gainesville FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2025
New research on the rocks collected by China's Chang'e 5 mission is rewriting our understanding of how the moon cooled. Stephen Elardo, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Geological Sciences with the ... more
MOON DAILY
Sidus Space debuts LunarLizzie 800kg lunar platform built for real time AI terrain intelligence
Merritt Island FL (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Sidus Space has introduced LunarLizzie, its most advanced 800kg-class spacecraft engineered specifically for lunar and cislunar missions. Equipped with onboard AI, LiDAR, and hyperspectral imaging, ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar habitat module project advances under Thales Alenia Space and ASI agreement
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to carry out the preliminary design and technology development for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module, set to bec ... more
MOON DAILY
Moon erosion by solar wind far weaker than previously believed
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 24, 2025
The surface of the Moon is constantly exposed to the solar wind-a stream of charged particles from the Sun that can dislodge atoms from the lunar surface and contribute to its thin exosphere. Howeve ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Lunar soil shows promise for in-situ oxygen and fuel production
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2025
Scientists have developed a new method to extract water from lunar soil and use it to generate oxygen and fuel, offering a potential path toward sustainable life-support systems on the Moon. The tec ... more
MOON DAILY
UCF researchers developing new methods to passively mitigate lunar dust for space exploration
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 22, 2025
Lunar dust is more than a mild irritant or hallmark of an untidy room like dust found on Earth. Lunar dust particles are sharp and abrasive due to the lack of atmosphere gradually dulling thei ... more

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Juice radar shows lunar mapping success in Apollo Earthrise region
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 22, 2025
When ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) performed a lunar flyby in August 2024, its Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) captured its first radargram by listening to radio echoes bouncing off ... more
MOON DAILY
Pope calls Buzz Aldrin to mark 1969 moon landing
Castel Gandolfo, Italy (AFP) July 20, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called astronaut Buzz Aldrin and visited the Vatican's astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo to mark the 56th anniversary of man's first moon landing. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Electrolyzer experiment from SwRI and UTSA to fly in low gravity test mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have secured $500,000 in funding from NASA's TechLeap Prize initiative to conduct a parabolic flight test of a n ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA selects science payloads for Artemis lunar exploration rover
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
NASA has chosen three scientific instruments to support Artemis lunar exploration, assigning two for use on the upcoming Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) and reserving one for a future Moon-orbiting miss ... more
MOON DAILY
Chang'e-6 mission reveals ancient volcanic and magnetic secrets from Moon's farside
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
The Moon's near and far sides differ dramatically in terrain, crust, and volcanic history-a mystery that has long perplexed scientists. This disparity is now better understood thanks to China's Chan ... more
MOON DAILY
Halogen clues shed light on lunar crust evolution
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2025
Rocks from the Moon's near side hold unexpectedly high levels of chlorine, offering fresh insights into the processes that shaped the lunar crust. An international team led by the University of Muns ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE
Artificial solar eclipses in space could shed light on Sun
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our Sun much quicker than if they had to wait for the celestial show on Earth. The plan, par ... more
MOON DAILY
Probing the cosmic Dark Ages from the far side of the Moon
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the 'Cosmic Dawn' by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient whisper" on the far side of the Moon. The proposed mission will stud ... more
MOON DAILY
Young lunar meteorite sheds light on missing chapter in Moon's volcanic timeline
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
A meteorite discovered in Africa in 2023 has been dated to 2.35 billion years old, making it the youngest known basaltic lunar meteorite and filling a nearly billion-year void in the Moon's volcanic ... more
MOON DAILY
Spacecraft Bus Commissioning Complete for NASA's Arcstone
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2025
Commissioning of the bus, or the main structure of the satellite, has now been completed for NASA's Arcstone lunar calibration instrument. Arcstone will now continue to go through commissionin ... more
MOON DAILY
Chinese 3D printing system uses lunar soil to construct habitats
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
A pioneering 3D printing technology developed by Chinese researchers is enabling the creation of lunar structures using only soil collected directly from the Moon, eliminating the need to transport ... more
IRON AND ICE
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses low risk of Moon impact in 2032
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 30, 2025
Asteroid 2024 YR4 gained attention after its discovery in late December 2024, when automated systems indicated a small chance of Earth impact in 2032. This probability briefly rose to 3%, prompting ... more
MOON DAILY
New Ocula imaging service to deliver detailed lunar data from orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2025
Firefly Aerospace has unveiled a new lunar imaging service called Ocula, set to debut as early as 2026 aboard its Elytra spacecraft. Enabled by high-resolution ultraviolet and visible spectrum teles ... more
WHITE OUT
Snow cloaks Atacama, the world's driest desert
Santiago (AFP) June 26, 2025
Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow. ... more
MOON DAILY
Japan's ispace blames 'hard landing' on moon on Laser Range Finder
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2025
Japanese company ispace said Tuesday that a "hard landing" during its attempted lunar landing in early June was due to an anomaly in the Laser Range Finder. ... more
MOON DAILY
DLR and NASA expand Artemis partnership with enhanced lunar radiation detectors
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 23, 2025
DLR and NASA have signed a renewed agreement to strengthen their collaborative efforts in space medicine, with a particular emphasis on radiation research. The announcement came during the Paris Air ... more
IRON AND ICE
Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study
Paris (AFP) June 23, 2025
If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers. ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar dust poses lower health risk than urban air pollution study shows
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2025
New research led by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) reveals that lunar dust is considerably less toxic to human lung cells than typical Earth-based air pollution. This finding offers reass ... more
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MOON DAILY
High precision LLNL telescope to drive next generation lunar imaging
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is advancing a major leap in lunar imaging through a partnership with Firefly Aerospace. The lab's cutting-edge optical telescope system is set to fly a ... more
IRON AND ICE
ESA Flyeye telescope begins full sky survey for asteroid detection
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 12, 2025
The European Space Agency's Flyeye telescope has officially commenced operations, capturing its first celestial images and marking a significant advancement in the detection of near-Earth asteroids ... more
MOON DAILY
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beads
St. Louis, MO (SPX) Jun 12, 2025
The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't expect to see drifts of tiny, bright orange glass beads glistening among the ... more
MOON DAILY
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
Tokyo (AFP) June 6, 2025
Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said. ... more
MARSDAILY
The promise and peril of a crewed Mars mission
Washington (AFP) June 6, 2025
A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history - and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a national priority. ... more
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