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NASA will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars, President Trump’s nominee to lead the space agency told a Senate committee on Wednesday.
From The New York Times
"I'd like nothing more than to see this Artemis II crew get around the moon, and then they're back home watching their friends walk on the moon," said nominee Jared Isaacman.
From USA Today
If confirmed, Isaacman will succeed former NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, a former Florida Senator who led the agency under former President Joe Biden.
From Space.com
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Space.com on MSNNASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone homeOn March 19, one of NASA's Deep Space Network facilities — located in Canberra, Australia — entered its 60th year of relaying priceless information between scientists on Earth and the spacecraft they send beyond.
Jared Isaacman, President Trump's nominee to lead NASA, tells lawmakers the space agency can return astronauts to the moon while pursuing flights to Mars.
One of the most tense interactions came between Isaacman and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who wanted commitments from Isaacman that he would not close any of NASA’s 10 field centers, and also that the space agency would fly the Artemis II and Artemis III missions on the Space Launch System rocket.
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The nominee for NASA's top job is outlining his vision for space exploration, highlighting Mars. President Donald Trump nominated billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman to become NASA's 15th administrator.
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Space.com on MSNWatch senator grill Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, about Elon Musk's involvement in his job interview (video)Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman multiple times whether Elon Musk was in the room during his interview with Donald Trump, but Isaacman declined to answer directly.
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A Soyuz rocket with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts on board docked with the International Space Station early Tuesday, following a three-hour, 10-minute flight from launch.
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The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – Houston. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, introduced a bill on Thursday that would move space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Virginia to a nonprofit near the Johnson Space Center in Houston – likely Space Center Houston,