Hacker News with Generative AI: NASA

Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (nasa.gov)
The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal is a record of the lunar surface operations conducted by the six pairs of astronauts who landed on the Moon from 1969 through 1972.
Space Exploration, NASA, Apollo Program, History
52 points by Bluestein 32 days ago | 15 comments
JPL to Transition to Onsite Work (nasa.gov)
In an email to employees, the director’s office announced that a transition to fully onsite work will occur this year.
Work, NASA, JPL, Remote Work
7 points by cptroot 35 days ago | 0 comments
NASA Ames Research Center Archives (beautifulpublicdata.com)
Tucked into the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, surrounded by the iconic Big Tech campuses for Google, Apple, and Microsoft, lies the historic NASA Ames Research Center.
NASA, Space Exploration, Research, History, California
4 points by jonathanmkeegan 35 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: A Model Context Protocol server for NASA APIs (github.com/ProgramComputer)
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for NASA APIs, providing a standardized interface for AI models to interact with NASA's vast array of data sources.
NASA, AI, APIs, Open Source
6 points by paulmon 35 days ago | 1 comments
Never-before-seen 'extreme' microbes surrounded NASA robot (livescience.com)
Microbes, Space Exploration, Science, NASA
12 points by Brajeshwar 36 days ago | 3 comments
A broken thruster jeopardized Voyager 1, but engineers executed a remote fix (npr.org)
Earlier this year, NASA mission controllers faced a challenging decision that could have marked the end of Voyager 1's decades-long journey.
Space Exploration, Engineering, NASA, Voyager 1
4 points by namanyayg 38 days ago | 1 comments
NASA celebrated employee's story of resilience, tried to scrub it, and fired her (space.com)
NASA, Space Exploration, Employment, Workplace Culture
22 points by hn_acker 39 days ago | 1 comments
Pluto Flyover from New Horizons (nasa.gov)
What if you could fly over Pluto -- what might you see?
Space Exploration, Pluto, NASA, New Horizons
69 points by dxs 40 days ago | 16 comments
NASA's Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause (nasa.gov)
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have revived a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been considered inoperable since 2004.
Space Exploration, NASA, Voyager 1, Engineering
13 points by taubek 40 days ago | 2 comments
NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years (space.com)
Space Exploration, NASA, Voyager 1, Spacecraft
5 points by signa11 41 days ago | 0 comments
Where are Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 Now (nasa.gov)
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached interstellar space and each continue their unique journey deeper into the cosmos.
Space Exploration, Voyager, NASA
4 points by zdgeier 43 days ago | 1 comments
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix (theregister.com)
NASA has revived a set of thrusters on the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft after declaring them inoperable over two decades ago.
Space Exploration, NASA, Engineering, Spacecraft, Technology
342 points by nullhole 43 days ago | 88 comments
NASA's Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause (nasa.gov)
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have revived a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been considered inoperable since 2004.
Space Exploration, NASA, Voyager 1, Technology, Engineering
12 points by voxadam 43 days ago | 1 comments
NASA Observes First Visible-Light Auroras at Mars (nasa.gov)
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover made history by detecting them for the first time from the surface of another planet, and MAVEN confirmed the detection.
Space Exploration, Mars, Auroras, NASA
35 points by pseudolus 44 days ago | 6 comments
NASA's Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause Science (nasa.gov)
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have revived a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been considered inoperable since 2004.
Space Exploration, Engineering, NASA, Voyager 1
22 points by rbanffy 44 days ago | 2 comments
NASA Stennis's first open source software (nasa.gov)
NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has released its first-ever open-source software, a peer review tool to facilitate more efficient and collaborative creation of systems applications, such as those used in its frontline government and commercial propulsion test work.
NASA, Open Source, Software, Space Exploration
78 points by mindcrime 45 days ago | 32 comments
US President Donald Trump Seeks to Cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return (scientificamerican.com)
After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock and soil on the Martian surface. Experts are furious.
Space Exploration, Politics, NASA, Mars
33 points by namanyayg 47 days ago | 6 comments
NASA scrambles to cut ISS activity after Trump budget–its options are not great (arstechnica.com)
One major surprise in the Trump administration's "skinny budget" proposal for NASA, released last Friday, was a demand that the US space agency reduce its activities on the International Space Station.
Space Exploration, Government Funding, NASA
9 points by tomrod 51 days ago | 0 comments
NASA jettisons Neo4j database for Memgraph citing costs (theregister.com)
NASA's people analytics group has swapped its Neo4j graph database for Memgraph due to costs.
NASA, Databases, Cost Optimization, Graph Databases
7 points by rntn 51 days ago | 1 comments
NASA's SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky (nasa.gov)
After weeks of preparation, the space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to create a map of the cosmos like no other.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, NASA, Telescopes, Science
9 points by rbanffy 52 days ago | 0 comments
White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs (arstechnica.com)
The White House released a "skinny" version of its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on Friday, including financial information for all federal agencies.
Space Exploration, Government Funding, NASA, Budget, Politics
33 points by decimalenough 53 days ago | 32 comments
NASA Proposal Would Shift Agency's Focus Away from Space Science (nytimes.com)
Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would largely become the National Moon and Mars Administration, with an almost singular focus on getting astronauts to those two destinations.
Space Exploration, NASA, Politics, Budget
25 points by rntn 54 days ago | 5 comments
Trump wants to cut quarter of NASA budget: No Lunar Gateway, Artemis, ISS retire (theregister.com)
The White House has proposed slashing NASA's budget by 24 percent, dropping it from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion. If approved, it would mark one of the agency's deepest single-year cuts in federal support, and crash its inflation-adjusted funding to levels not seen in decades.
Space Exploration, Government Funding, NASA, Politics, Budget Cuts
10 points by rntn 55 days ago | 2 comments
The Planetary Society condemns deep, damaging 24% cut to NASA's budget (planetary.org)
The Planetary Society strongly opposes the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget blueprint, which proposes a 24% reduction to NASA’s top-line funding.
Space Exploration, Politics, NASA, Funding, Budget Cuts
14 points by xqcgrek2 56 days ago | 0 comments
NASA snaps detailed photos of 'strikingly complicated' asteroid (popsci.com)
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft had its second rendezvous with an asteroid over the weekend, this time with the uniquely named Donaldjohanson space rock.
Space Exploration, Asteroids, NASA, Science
9 points by gmays 56 days ago | 0 comments
White House budget ends SLS and Orion after Artemis 3, scales back ISS (bsky.app)
Space Exploration, Government Funding, NASA, Artemis Program
12 points by ceejayoz 56 days ago | 5 comments
White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs (arstechnica.com)
The White House released a "skinny" version of its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on Friday, including financial information for all federal agencies.
Space Exploration, Government Funding, Budget, NASA
10 points by evgenyp 56 days ago | 3 comments
NASA's SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky (nasa.gov)
After weeks of preparation, the space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to create a map of the cosmos like no other.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Telescopes, NASA
16 points by isaacfrond 56 days ago | 1 comments
'I guess NASA doesn't need or care about my work anymore' (theregister.com)
NASA has excised former Space Shuttle manager Wayne Hale's blog from its website in a reminder that nothing is forever.
NASA, Space Exploration, Blog Posts
18 points by sipofwater 56 days ago | 5 comments
NASA's Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid (arstechnica.com)
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped firing its engines after detecting a problem in its propulsion system.
Space Exploration, NASA, Asteroids, Spacecraft
32 points by lisa_k 57 days ago | 2 comments