NASA Shuts Down DEI Programs

NASA Shuts Down DEI Programs, Though Diversity Is Low at Agency
NASA is shutting down its diversity programs after Trump directive
NASA to shutter DEIA offices under Trump executive order
Government agencies—including NASA—are responding quickly to President Donald Trump's executive order to end government programs that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). Janet Petro,
NASA's Artemis II rocket booster stacking process reaches new milestone
Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward center segment, NASA announced Friday.
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NASA administrator steps down, urges continuity under new leadership
In a letter to his replacement, outgoing NASA leader Bill Nelson emphasizes the agency’s activities ‘transcend the length of a single administration.’
NASA wants to know how much life it's venting into space
To comply, NASA has sought to sanitize Mars rovers at a threshold of no more than 300,000 bacterial spores on any surface. That process has revealed plenty of microbes that can survive high temperatures, low nutrients, and a lack of moisture.
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NASA Selects 9 Companies to Develop Capabilities for Artemis Mission
Read about the companies selected by NASA to advance knowledge supporting life and work in the lunar environment.
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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 discovered in 2016 known as 469219 Kamo’oalewa. Scientists hope that as telescopes become more powerful, we will be able to detect more bits of the Moon that have been blasted free in ancient impacts.
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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 satellite
NASA to fly rockets into auroras to find out what causes their unique movements
Following in the footsteps of Aristotle and Galileo, NASA scientists look to take the next step in understanding auroras.
NASA Images Reveal Melting Antarctic Ice Shelf: 'Blue Puddles'
"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.
'Enticing empire of stars:' See Andromeda galaxy in newly released NASA images
About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA scientists have produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, or Messier 31. The Andromeda galaxy is approximately 2.5 million light-years away from the Milky Way.
How the new NASA and India Earth Satellite NISAR will see Earth
When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) new Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) launches in coming months, it will capture images of Earth's surface so detailed they will show how much small plots of land and ice are moving,
NASA doubles down on Moon-shot goals in Artemis mission, awarding $24 million to space contractors
After years of delays, NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon commenced in a big way more than two years ago, starting with the unmanned Artemis 1 in November 2022. The legacy is continuing now with NASA announcing on Thursday that it is awarding new study contracts to nine companies in seven states with a combined total of $24 million.