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Despite DEI demise, NASA still touts goal to land 1st woman, 1st person of color on moon

NASA’s plans to return to the moon continue to highlight goals of landing the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface even amid the agency’s recent shutdown of diversity, equity and inclusion programs known as DEI under executive orders from President Trump.

New York Sun · 1d

Despite Trump Order To End DEI, NASA Pledges To Land First Woman, First ‘Person of Color’ on the Moon

NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch pose for pictures after a news conference about the NASA's Artemis II mission outside the U.S. Capitol May 18, 2023 at Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Afrotech on MSN · 2d

NASA Still Plans To Land The First Woman And First Person Of Color On The Moon But Has Removed Links To DEI Program From Its Website

NASA, an independent agency of the U.S. government, will no longer be upholding DEI efforts. In a press release, NASA shared its plans to comply with executive order “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions,

NASA finds building blocks for life in Bennu asteroid sample

The Associated Press on MSN · 5h

NASA brought back samples from asteroid Bennu. They revealed clues about the possible origins of life.

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world.

FOX 10 Phoenix · 2h

NASA's returned asteroid samples reveal building blocks for life

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned the samples from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, in 2023. It's the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 26m

NASA’s findings from asteroid Bennu suggest solar system could be ‘teeming with the potential for life’

The rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu hold amino acids, ammonia and other molecules essential to life on Earth, NASA reported Wednesday. The findings suggest the conditions necessary for life were widespread across the early solar system and boost the odds that life could have developed elsewhere.

Digital Camera World on MSN6d

NASA photographs the rare occurrence of the moon crossing the face of the Earth from a million miles away

The images were captured using NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a 4MP CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR ...

First Glimpse of the Moon: Blue Ghost Advances NASA’s Cutting-Edge Lunar Tech

Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 has taken a significant leap toward the Moon, with its successful second engine burn ...

Astronomy2d

Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots — here’s why

Future moonwalkers will need to take advantage of new spacesuit designs, including updated footwear, to accomplish their tasks.

3don MSN

Houston-based Intuitive Machines awarded $2.5 million NASA contract to develop Moon-to-Mars tech

NASA awarded Houston-based Intuitive Machines a $2.5 million contract, which the company said it would use to help develop a ...

5don MSN

NASA doubles down on Moon-shot goals in Artemis mission, awarding $24 million to space contractors

Bankers are reportedly gearing up to offload debt used to fund Elon Musk’s social network, for which he paid $44 million in ...

earth1d

NASA plans to build a Moon base using 3D printing and robots

Explore how 3D printing, robotics, and AI are paving the way for sustainable moon bases amid unique challenges.

USA Today8d

We’re going back to the moon: Everything to know about NASA’s latest lunar lander mission

But last week's launch marked a crucial step to pave the way for NASA to send astronauts back to the moon in the years ahead under its Artemis campaign – its first lunar program since the Apollo ...

ExtremeTech on MSN5d

NASA: Near-Earth Asteroid Likely Came from the Moon

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

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