The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

NASA has issued a pause for several key scientific committees following President Trump's executive orders to end DEI in ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

4-6 but canceled after a NASA memo Jan. 31, would have discussed science from the BepiColombo mission to Mercury. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — NASA has directed a set of science committees to pause ...

One of those groups, the Mercury Exploration Assessment ... wrote on social media platform Bluesky. NASA isn’t the only federal science agency struggling to navigate the flurry of recent orders ...

After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...

BepiColombo will only be the second spacecraft to do it, following ... planet once the science phase of the mission begins. Scientists hope to use these probes to characterize Mercury's magnetic ...

The government space agency has vocally promoted diversity and inclusion for decades, even during the first Trump ...

Only two missions have reached Mercury before BepiColombo: NASA’s Mariner 10 flybys in ... BepiColombo has already done some neat science on its journey. “We learned a lot about the solar ...