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The Space Advocate Newsletter, September 2026
When funding isn’t enough.
SWAP, PEPSSI, and the secrets of the Solar System
NASA's New Horizons is poised to make discoveries about the farthest reaches of our Solar System, but two of its key instruments are in danger of being shut down prematurely.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, August 2026
The Sun shines brightly until it doesn't.
The Cost of a PROMISE
NASA may send an engineering copy of a Mars rover to the Moon, but at what price?
The Space Advocate Newsletter, July 2026
Viking made Mars real
What happens now that comments have been submitted on the devastating OMB rules?
Nearly 500,000 comments were submitted in response to a rule change proposed by the White House Office of Management and Budget that would fundamentally change how science is funded in the United States. Here's what comes next.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, May 2026
Rallying a rejection of proposed cuts to NASA, once again.
House Appropriators advance key NASA funding bill
The bill keeps NASA funding flat with the currently enacted budget, but reprioritizes funding levels across the agency, including a 17% cut to Science to offset increases elsewhere.
Days after Artemis II, scientists warn of deep cuts to NASA missions
The scientists behind threatened missions speak out.
Save NASA Science returns to Capitol Hill
The 2026 Day of Action brought more than 130 space advocates from 34 states and the District of Columbia to the nation’s capital to advocate for space.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, April 2026
Artemis II and the return of lunar spaceflight
84 NASA missions at risk under new proposal
Proposed NASA cuts would reduce NASA’s workforce by thousands and cancel over 50 space missions.
What is the skinny budget and what does it mean for NASA?
The White House Office of Management and Budget has released its budget for fiscal year 2027. Here's what it includes, and what it means for NASA.
'Ignition': A new series of NASA initiatives
On March 24, 2026, NASA leadership detailed new plans for the agency, involving lunar missions, Mars, and more.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, March 2026
Artemis vis-a-vis Apollo.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, Februrary 2026
Musk fought the Moon and the Moon won.
NASA is funded. Now what?
With the upheaval of 2025 behind us, here's what we're looking for in space policy this year.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, January 2026
Savor this victory.
You just saved NASA's budget
Here's what Congress rejected of the draconian cuts faced by NASA in FY 2026.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, December 2025
The long game.



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