Tag: Space Exploration

Listen live today as NASA, Boeing discuss Starliner return, spacewalk issues

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NASA and Boeing will discuss their next plans and a possible landing schedule for the first Starliner spacecraft mission with astronauts later today (June 28), and you can listen in live. Boeing Starliner launched on June 5 for what was supposed to be a 10-day mission, but the test effort with astronauts needed extra time to address helium leaks and thruster issues uncovered during the June 6 docking with the International Space Station (ISS). The team will provide an update to reporters at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), which you…

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NASA gets $25.4 billion in White House’s 2025 budget request

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NASA won’t be getting a big budget boost next year. The White House allocated $25.4 billion to NASA in its federal budget request for fiscal year 2025, which was released today (March 11). That’s a 2% increase over the $24.9 billion the agency is getting for fiscal 2024, an amount that was enacted by Congress just last Friday (March 8).  That enacted amount is a substantial cut from the $27.2 billion that the White House requested for the current fiscal year. So there’s certainly no guarantee NASA will get the…

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