Trump’s Budget Would Cut NASA Asteroid Mission, Earth Science

March 16, 2017 by

Under US President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, NASA’s funding would stay largely intact but the space agency would abandon plans to lasso an asteroid, along with four Earth and climate missions. The 2018 budget — which must be approved by Congress — asks for $19.1 billion for NASA, a 0.8 percent decrease from 2017, allowing … Read more

NASA Mulls Putting Astronauts On Deep Space Test Flight

February 24, 2017 by

The US space agency said it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth’s neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight … Read more