Trump nominates Jared Isaacman as NASA chief
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Jared Isaacman has been renominated to lead NASA, and a document outlining his vision for the agency has been leaked to the press.
The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils Larson, NASA’s lead test pilot for the X-59, the inaugural flight validated the jet’s airworthiness and safety before landing about an hour after takeoff near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
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NASA tested a supersonic quiet jet, taking a step closer to changing flight travel forever
Photo: NASA The last week of October, NASA successfully tested its first quiet supersonic jet in a short, low-speed flight over the California desert. The purpose of the test was not to review speed,
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After release from the Falcon 9, the half-ton Haven Demo spacecraft stabilized itself and extended its power-generating solar array. The satellite captured 4K video of the solar array deployment, and Vast shared the beauty shot on social media.
By 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades – will be no more.
Lockheed Martin's revolutionary X-59 supersonic jet completes first test flight, designed to break sound barrier with quiet 'thump' instead of sonic boom.
When NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy took a potshot at what he considers SpaceX’s pokey progress with the Starship Human Landing System, the company turned to the court of public opinion to make its case. “Starship continues to simultaneously be the fastest path to returning humans to the...
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‘NASA shouldn’t be building rockets anymore’: Jared Isaacman calls for pursuing the ‘near impossible’
NASA nominee Jared Isaacman suggests a mission shift. He believes NASA should pioneer advanced technologies like nuclear propulsion. Private companies can then take over these proven systems. This approach avoids duplicating commercial efforts.