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FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on July 3, 2024, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to an adjacent port. (NASA via AP, File)

NASA ramps up support to get Boeing’s astronaut capsule flying after Butch and Suni fiasco

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator, speaks before introducing the Artemis II crew during a return event Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Ellington Field in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

NASA chief revives idea of moving data centers into orbit

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK's principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP, File)

Rescue mission is called off for NASA’s aging Swift space telescope

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

NASA chief visits Russia’s space launchpad for U.S.-Russian crew launch

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

This July 13, 2015 image provided by NASA shows Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft. The United States is now the only nation to visit every single planet in the solar system. Pluto was No. 9 in the lineup when New Horizons departed Cape Canaveral, Fla, on Jan. 19, 2006 (NASA via AP)

NASA administrator says Pluto should once again be called a planet

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover as it approaches Mars. Perseverance's $3 billion mission is the first leg in a U.S.-European effort to bring Mars samples to Earth in the next decade. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

To the moon and beyond: America’s boldest space ambitions

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks to The Washington Times at the Space Symposium 2026 conference in Colorado Springs. (David Gordon/The Washington Times)

WATCH: NASA fast-tracks nuclear-powered spaceship, aims for interplanetary travel in 2028

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

This image provided by NASA, seen from behind the Moon during Artemis II, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun on Monday, April 6, 2026. (NASA via AP)

U.S. aggressive in race for first base on moon, pushes to beat China

By John T. Seward and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this image provided by NASA, The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on Monday, April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. (NASA via AP)

NASA already has next Artemis flight in its sights following astronauts’ triumphant moon flyby

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

A full moon is seen shining over NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Sam Lott/NASA via AP) **FILE**

NASA pauses plans for space station in favor of building base on the moon

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA the Boeing Starliner spacecraft with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard approaches the International Space Station on June 6, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner’s botched astronaut flight

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (NASA via AP)

Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA’s first medical evacuation

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's pick to be NASA Administrator, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator in do-over after Musk feud

By Matt Brown - Associated Press

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's pick to be NASA Administrator, listens during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump nominee sees lunar landing, space base as crucial to national security

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Commander Jared Isaacman speaks at a news conference after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Trump pulls billionaire Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA, cites ‘prior associations’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Commander Jared Isaacman speaks at a news conference after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Billionaire spacewalker highlights Mars trip for astronauts in his bid to become NASA’s next chief

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Commander Jared Isaacman speaks at a news conference after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Jared Isaacman, Trump’s NASA pick, foresees ‘era of great experimentation’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NASA and space travel illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Isaacman can foster an entrepreneurial, dynamic and useful NASA

By Newt Gingrich

Commander Jared Isaacman speaks at a news conference after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk is Trump’s pick to lead NASA

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This image made from SpaceX video shows its capsule, center, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman with his crew after it reached the Gulf of Mexico near Florida's Dry Tortugas early Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (SpaceX via AP)

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press