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NASA is open to considering proposals to change its Mars Sample Return program, even if they involve bringing back as few as 10 sample tubes, which is less than originally planned.

Sweden signed the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for responsible space exploration April 16, the second European country in as many days to join.

NASA announced a new approach to dealing with an increasingly crowded and dangerous environment in Earth orbit with a space sustainability strategy that puts an initial emphasis on analyzing the problem rather than technologies to solve it.

The experiment is a plate-shaped satellite funded by NASA and designed by Aerospace Corp. as a potential alternative to the cubesat.

The lunar south pole is known for its deadly environment conditions. To explore this region our astronauts need a robust moon car.

NASA picked three private space companies to create self-driving moon vehicles that the space agency could use to transport people and goods on the moon. Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab were chosen to create a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for astronauts to explore the moon and operate without their presence.

NASA has picked three companies to develop concepts for lunar rovers that could be provided as a service for Artemis lunar missions and scientific tasks.

The White House has requested NASA to create a new time zone for the moon. Arati Prabhakar, the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), stated in a letter on Tuesday that the office wants NASA to establish a unified standard time for the moon and “celestial bodies other than Earth”…

Tick tock.

A new White House policy directs NASA to devise a plan for a new time standard to be used on missions in the area between the Earth and the moon, in order to enhance navigation and related services on and around the moon.