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How the government shutdown affects NASA

At 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, when the federal government shut down due to a lack of appropriations from Congress, NASA began pausing its operations. While the agency has protocols for dealing with a ...

NASA astronaut to achieve a first in Thursday’s launch to ISS

A Soyuz-2-1a rocket carrying the NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts will launch the Soyuz MS-28 mission from the Baikonur ...
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Do rockets still launch during a government shutdown? How NASA could feel the effects

Of more than 18,000 workers employed at NASA, about 82.8% of them would be sent home without pay – or furloughed – during a government shutdown. Even if the government were to shut down, ...
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NASA releases new images of rare comet that sparked unfounded ‘alien’ debate

( KTLA) — NASA on Wednesday released new images and data of Comet 3I/ATLAS, the rare interstellar object that set off weeks ...