In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump announced late July 9 that he has named Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator.

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President Donald Trump says it would have been “inappropriate” for Jared Isaacman to lead NASA given his ties to Elon Musk and history of political donations.

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The Pentagon has no backup plan if the massive reconciliation package fails to pass

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The world recently watched an argument unfold on X between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. It was a surreal exchange, featuring one of the richest men ever to have lived […]

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The White House’s FY 2026 budget request for NASA proposes a radical shift in the agency’s direction, proposing extinction-level cuts to space science, severe cuts in other program areas and […]

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An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.

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In a reversal, White House plans to retain the National Space Council, a move that industry officials say could serve as an advocate for space amid pressures to cut budgets.

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Early in President Donald Trump’s first term, he turned to an executive order to accelerate deregulation. For each new mandate enacted, he called for the repeal of two regulations. This […]

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The space industry thrives on precision, innovation and scientific rigor. But in today’s media landscape, facts often take a backseat to spectacle. Two of the loudest voices in the space […]

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Faced with rising costs and supply chain disruptions, the space industry is scrambling to mitigate the financial strain of the Trump administration’s “America First” trade and tariff policies.

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President Donald Trump and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk reiterated claims in a televised interview that NASA astronauts were “abandoned” on the ISS.

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On January 27, President Trump signed an executive order to establish the “Iron Dome for America.” This directive mandates that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth submit a plan for a […]

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President Donald Trump has developed a strong fixation on Greenland, and floated the idea of the United States buying the island from Denmark. The proposal has been broadly criticized for […]

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Like a cursed spell, space-based missile defense keeps getting resurrected — no matter how many times it’s been banished. President Trump’s Executive Order, The Iron Dome for America, released Jan. […]

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The second Trump administration has started with a series of rapid changes to how the federal government operates. Here’s what the president introduced in the last week and what it […]

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As President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio settle into their roles, the administration’s priorities for the coming years are coming into focus. Trump has laid out an […]

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Donald Trump didn’t wait to return to the White House before he started to shake up foreign policy. In the weeks leading up to his second inauguration, Trump proposed reclaiming […]

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NASA appears to be retaining existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after calls to bring them back “as soon as possible.”

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President Trump says he has told SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts “abandoned” on the ISS even though SpaceX already planned to bring them back.

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The order sets a bold agenda to address emerging threats, including hypersonic missiles, through advanced technological solutions, including space-based interceptors.

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With the election over and the 119th Congress set to convene, nowhere is the need to get back to business more critical than in the realm of national security. Front […]

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A new guard of tech billionaires and venture capitalists is mobilizing to overhaul the Pentagon’s multi-billion dollar space acquisition process as Donald Trump begins his second term at the White […]

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Politico recently published an article entitled “A Musk-shaped question hangs over the National Space Council,” questioning whether President Trump will revitalize the National Space Council as it was under his […]

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Donald Trump has returned to the White House Jan. 20, having promised import taxes that could raise costs and reduce access to critical materials for the United States space industry. […]

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