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NASA axes ex-DEI chief after giving her new job title in apparent effort to evade Trump crackdown: report
Neela Rajendra, one-time Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was terminated ...
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NASA’s space-based quantum sensor to detect tiniest tremors in Earth’s gravity
NASA has collaborated with some private players and academic institutions to develop the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer ...
NASA Wants to Track Earth’s Gravity With a Cloud of Floating Atoms in Space
A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms ...
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NASA, Partners to Develop First Quantum Gravity Sensor
Learn how NASA, private companies and academic institutions are working to develop and deploy the first space-based quantum ...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Strikes Martian Rock Gold Mine—Scientists Say It’s Beyond Their Wildest Expectations
NASA’s Perseverance rover has made one of its most scientifically rich discoveries yet on Mars, unearthing a dense collection ...
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Trump Nominee To Head NASA Threads The Needle At Confirmation Hearing
Jared Isaacman is no stranger to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which oversees ...
NASA ousts Indian-origin DEI chief Neela Rajendra as title tweak fails to dodge Trump executive order
NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory has reportedly ousted its Indian-origin top diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) officer, ...
NASA aims to fly first quantum sensor for gravity measurements
This mission will pave the way for groundbreaking observations of everything from petroleum reserves to global supplies of ...
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NASA shamed into firing top DEI executive after trying to 'hide' her
The chief DEI officer at NASA's jet propulsion lab was fired after her title ... Neela Rajendra is no longer working at [the ...
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NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more'
NASA's Perseverance rover is reveling in a scientific bonanza on Mars after finding a diverse array of rocks that are ...
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Bipartisan US Planetary Science Caucus 'alarmed' by Trump's possible plans to slash NASA budget and block Mars Sample Return
In response to reports of the Trump administration aiming to slash NASA's 2026 science budget by nearly half, US Planetary ...
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Debrief: Trump Draft Budget Takes Swing At NASA Science
The Trump administration’s draft budget plan for fiscal 2026 includes deep cuts to NASA’s science programs as part of an overall 20% reduction in the agency’s annual spending, leaked documents from ...