Mike Voightmann
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Congratulations to Blue Origin on the HUGE success of their New Glenn rocket launch and landing today! This was a great day not only for Blue, but for space enthusiasts everywhere. Well done!
youtu.be/4CbYjF50400?...
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Blue Origin successfully lands its New Glenn rocket booster after launch
YouTube video by Associated Press
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November 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Congratulations to Blue Origin on the HUGE success of their New Glenn rocket launch and landing today! This was a great day not only for Blue, but for space enthusiasts everywhere. Well done!
youtu.be/4CbYjF50400?...
youtu.be/4CbYjF50400?...
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Just published the **Mission Spending Tracker**, which analyzes and compares *monthly* expenditures for threatened NASA science missions. A great way to check for premature spending impacts on missions proposed for termination: www.planetary.org/mission-spen...
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just published the **Mission Spending Tracker**, which analyzes and compares *monthly* expenditures for threatened NASA science missions. A great way to check for premature spending impacts on missions proposed for termination: www.planetary.org/mission-spen...
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NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award
NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.
NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.
NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award
NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.
spacenews.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award
NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.
NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.
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NASA has selected Blue Origin to deliver VIPER to the lunar surface in late 2027 as a second CLPS mission.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole - NASA
As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an
www.nasa.gov
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
NASA has selected Blue Origin to deliver VIPER to the lunar surface in late 2027 as a second CLPS mission.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
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[BREAKING] The Planetary Society and 14 partner organizations released a joint letter calling for explicit NASA science protections in Congress's stopgap spending bill.
Read it here:
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Read it here:
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Coalition of science, education, and space organizations urges…
A coalition of science, education, labor, and space advocacy organizations today sent a joint letter to congressional appropriations leaders urging them…
www.planetary.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
[BREAKING] The Planetary Society and 14 partner organizations released a joint letter calling for explicit NASA science protections in Congress's stopgap spending bill.
Read it here:
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Read it here:
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
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"Days ago, the Administration’s nominee to lead NASA called for a “new golden age of science and discovery” at the agency. The proposed budget from within the White House — which cuts NASA science by 47% — would plunge NASA into a dark age instead."
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
The Planetary Society warns of dark age for space science under…
The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued a statement in response to reports of the White House’s budget…
www.planetary.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Days ago, the Administration’s nominee to lead NASA called for a “new golden age of science and discovery” at the agency. The proposed budget from within the White House — which cuts NASA science by 47% — would plunge NASA into a dark age instead."
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
www.planetary.org/press-releas...
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Landing footage from Firefly's Blue Ghost lander -- this is cool: youtu.be/emebSgs1f2w
SCALPSS Captures Landing on the Moon
YouTube video by NASA Langley Research Center
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March 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Landing footage from Firefly's Blue Ghost lander -- this is cool: youtu.be/emebSgs1f2w