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NASA wants to use a fleet of MoonFall drones to scout the lunar south pole: 'We believe we can do it'

April 28, 2026
Last month, NASA chief Jared Isaacman ripped off the Band-Aid on the space agency’s back-to-the-moon agenda, calling for a large overhaul of NASA’s Artemis Program. One of his announcements was a speedy series of robotic missions to scout, conduct experiments and prepare for surface operations ahead of any “rebooting” of the lunar landscape by astronauts in 2028. As part of NASA’s…
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Ted Cruz pushes back on NASA budget cuts: 'I don't want to wake up one day and look up at the moon and realize the Chinese have beat us there'

April 27, 2026
HOUSTON — The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal once again calls for steep cuts to NASA, and has set up a familiar clash with Congress over how the space agency should be funded. The White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 federal budget request on April 3 — just two days after the launch of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, while the four astronauts aboard Orion were still…
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Making contact with ET? Aliens may already know we're here

April 24, 2026
We may already be signaling other intelligences beyond our solar system, without even trying. Kunyu City, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, hosts huge sprinklers that are irrigating over 1,317 acres (533 hectares) of winter wheat fields on the…
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See the moon shining in the daytime sky this week: Here's where to look

April 23, 2026
Don’t miss the first quarter moon shining close to Jupiter in the daytime sky this week! Earth’s moon is one of the few objects bright enough to be seen in the daytime sky — along with the most dazzling planets such as Jupiter and Venus and, more rarely, Jupiter, under ideal conditions. Then there’s the sun, whose light saturates the atmosphere from dawn until dusk, shielding the cosmos…
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NASA reveals its Roman Space Telescope today: How to watch live, and what's next for the next-generation observatory

April 22, 2026
Watch live: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a game changer and fully assembled – YouTube Watch On NASA’s newest space telescope is ready for its moment on stage  —  and soon, in space. The agency will unveil the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Tuesday (April 21) at 4 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), and you can watch the event live here at Space.com courtesy of NASA. Read…
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