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NASA to bring Crew-11 home from ISS early

NASA to bring astronauts home from space station early due to a medical issue

NASA said Thursday that it will bring four astronauts aboard the International Space Station back to Earth more than a month earlier than planned because of a medical issue — the first such evacuation...

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In Unprecedented Move, NASA to Rush Astronauts Home after Medical Incident on ISS

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NASA crew to make rare early return after medical issue in space

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NASA plans 2 January spacewalks at ISS. Here's what to know, how to watch

A NASA astronaut will soon make history when he and one other step outside the International Space Station on the first spacewalk of 2026.

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NASA postpones ISS spacewalk due to medical concern with an astronaut

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NASA postpones first ISS spacewalk of 2026, citing medical concern: What we know

NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all

On Monday, Congress made good on those promises, releasing a $24.4 billion budget plan for NASA as part of the conferencing process, when House and Senate lawmakers convene to hammer out a final budget. The result is a budget that calls for just a 1 percent cut in NASA’s science funding, to $7.25 billion, for fiscal year 2026.

NASA finds starless, dark-matter astronomical object using Hubble Space Telescope — first confirmed detection of its kind in universe

A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9.”

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Inside Donald Trump’s attack on NASA’s science missions

These missions have disclosed the scientific qualities of other worlds, as well as the look and feel of them, to all humanity, and for posterity too. Most of these missions, including nine of the 11 that have landed on Mars,

Defying Trump’s NASA proposal, Congress looks to maintain budget, including science, near current levels

Last year President Trump pitched a severe chop to NASA’s proposed annual budget for 2026, but the House and Senate on Monday released an appropriations bill that would mostly ignore those cuts. The minibus bill put forth by both congressional bodies’ appropriation committees includes NASA as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Science Foundation,

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A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at the space station a month early

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare step of ending the Crew-11 mission early.

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NASA telescope combines 100 maps of the universe into one: 'every astronomer is going to find something of value here'

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into one dazzling mosaic. Half a year after first opening its eyes to the cosmos, NASA 's SPHEREx spacecraft has unveiled its first complete, all-sky mosaic of the universe.

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Congress rejects President Trump's deep NASA budget cuts, proposes $24.4 billion for the agency

The White House allocated just $18.8 billion to the space agency — a 24% decrease from the previous year's funding — in its 2026 federal budget request, which was released last spring. The cuts were particularly harsh toward NASA's science portfolio, which was given just $3.9 billion — a drop of about 75%.

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NASA science funding may avoid catastrophe after all

The fight over NASA science funding has swung from existential alarm to cautious optimism in a matter of months. What once looked like a near-death experience for some of the agency’s most important missions now appears more like a close call,