Netflix is set to expand its summer lineup with content from NASA’s own streaming service, NASA+. Viewers can look forward to live rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, in-depth mission reports and awe-inspiring, real-time footage of Earth as seen from the International Space Station. While NASA+ has been freely accessible through its website and app—and available on platforms such as Apple TV, Fire TV, Hulu and Roku—this will mark its first run on the world’s largest paid streaming service.
New SLS booster fired Thursday, June 26, at 12:25 PM MDT and lasted about 140 seconds, burning over 1.4 million pounds of propellant. Credit: Northrop Grumman
On June 26, 2025, Northrop Grumman conducted the first full-scale static test of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster, a next-generation component intended for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 2 configuration. The test, performed at the company’s Promontory, Utah, facility, aimed to validate the BOLE’s advanced design but was marred by an anomaly in the booster’s nozzle, raising questions about its development timeline and the SLS program’s future.
The Artemis II core stage stands in front of the VAB earlier this year. Many fear budget cuts could put the Artemis Program in jeopardy. Photo: Charles Boyer/FMN
NASA has extended a second offer to its workforce in an effort to trim staff amid sweeping budget cuts ahead of the federal fiscal year 2026. The agency emailed employees Monday, unveiling a new deferred resignation program (DRP) and voluntary retirement incentives, extending benefits through January 2026—a full four months longer than its January program—which is open through July 25.
Hard times for the Space Coast’s local economy might be ahead.
The Administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget includes a 24.3% reduction in NASA’s funding, decreasing the agency’s budget from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion. This so-called “skinny” budget blueprint is a high level one short of full details, which will be forthcoming. After that, Congress will take up and begin debate on a budget bill.
This proposed significant cut threatens to eliminate key programs and could result in substantial job losses at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), a cornerstone of the Space Coast’s economy, and that will have ripple effects that everyone who lives in the region will feel.
While President Donald J. Trump celebrated the first 100 days of his second term that began January 20 with a trip to Michigan, NASA today released a long litany of its own achievements during that same period. In his inaugural address, President Trump laid out a bold and ambitious vision for NASA’s future.
Jared Isaacman in space during the Polaris Dawn mission in 2024Photo: courtesy Polaris Dawn program On April 9, 2025, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened to assess the nomination of Jared Isaacman as…
SpaceX’s Gigafactory in the foreground of its three high bays at Starbase in Texas. Image by Richard P Gallagher | FMN
March 19, 2025 – SpaceX’s Starship program, critical to NASA’s lunar goals and Elon Musk’s Martian dreams, is at a crossroads, with experts offering starkly contrasting visions. While one leading engineer champions a smaller “Mini-Starship” to expedite human landings on the Moon and Mars, critics slam Starship for its repeated failures as evidence of a doomed design.
It’s finally time for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to come home! If everything goes according to plan, one of the most talked about journeys in American spaceflight will come to an end with a splashdown tomorrow evening somewhere off the coast of Florida.
It was a good day to have a good day here in Florida, and that’s exactly what NASA, SpaceX and Crew-10 had today at Kennedy Space Center. Falcon 9 lifted off carrying three astronauts and one cosmonaut towards orbit and the International Space Station just as the sun was starting to set in the west. Some seven and a half minutes later, SpaceX booster B1090 completed its duty for the day by landing at LZ-1 in Cape Canaveral, 8.8 miles south of LC-39A.
The astronauts were strapped in, the weather was perfect, and everything pointed to a flawless launch. But that’s not how it usually goes in the spaceflight business, and Wednesday evening’s Crew-10 launch attempt was no exception.
Crew-10 waits for Wednesday’s launch, which was eventually scrubbed, aboard the Crew Dragon Endurance. Photo: Charles Boyer/FMN
March 10, 2025 – Kennedy Space Center, FL – It’s “all systems go” for Crew 10 following their arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida last Friday. The crew has since successfully completed a wet dress rehearsal in preparation for their six-month mission.
An enthusiastic Crew 10 waves to reporters after arriving at KSC on Friday. Photo: Eric Moore/FMN
