DEI, NASA and Donald Trump
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Per Trump Executive Order, NASA Indeed Announced Closure of DEI Office
Trump orders interim NASA chief to end DEI initiatives
The orders in question, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, as well as one titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions, are aimed at eliminating "immense public waste and shameful discrimination," according to the White House.
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,
President Donald Trump's new administration is likely to do away with the White House's National Space Council, a cabinet policy panel that lobbyists at Elon Musk's SpaceX have been pushing to axe, according to three people familiar with the plans.
Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy left the agency on Monday (Jan. 20), the day that Donald Trump began his second term as president. Trump has appointed Janet Petro, who most recently served as director of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, as NASA's interim chief.
Mars, Trump
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What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means
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Trump wants to 'plant the Stars and Stripes' on Mars. How long will it take to get there?
Space Stocks Rise Following Trump's Vow to Send American Astronauts to Mars
Space stocks took off on Tuesday, boosted by President Trump's vow in his inaugural address to send American astronauts to Mars. Shares of multiple space companies benefited from Trump's bullishness: space-exploration-company Intuitive Machines rose 19%,
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution of narcotics.
Trump administration considers axing the National Space Council as SpaceX gains influence over US space policy.
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Pure-play space stocks flew higher on Tuesday, in a rally described as exuberance about the sector after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
India, with its space agency ISRO, has been a key partner under the Biden administration through the Artemis Accords. The joint NASA-ISRO project, the NISAR satellite, is in its final stages, representing one of the most expensive Earth observation missions. Trump's administration could redefine these collaborations with more such projects.
President Joe Biden’s nomination of Bill Nelson to lead the space agency took until March 2021 and was rather speedy, relatively speaking: in 2017, Donald Trump waited more than seven months before picking Jim Bridenstine as NASA administrator.
President Donald Trump set a bold new goal in his inauguration speech. He wants to go to Mars. Details are thin, but the aspiration should benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a bevy of publicly traded commercial space stocks.
Trump did not address how his Mars call might affect NASA’s current plans for a Moon mission. NASA in December pushed back the anticipated launch dates for the Artemis II and Artemis III crewed lunar missions. Artemis II is now scheduled for April 2026 and Artemis III for mid-2027.
In 2019, then US President Donald Trump announced for the first time that the United States should "buy Greenland". Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pointed out that Greenla
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