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Save NASA Science Press Conference On Monday, October 6, 2025, amid the government shutdown, leaders from 20 national science, education, and space organizations, led by The Planetary Society and its CEO Bill Nye, gathered with Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04) and invited Members of Congress at the U.S. Capitol to urge protection of NASA’s and the National Science Foundation’s science budgets. The White House’s proposed 47 percent cut to NASA’s science budget threatens an “extinction-level” event for space exploration.
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Jan 29, 2004
Planetary Society Offers Opportunity to Decipher Message on MarsA Planetary Society mini-DVD mounted on Opportunity, the second of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rover spacecraft, depicts a coded message on its cover.
Jan 28, 2004
Congress Urged to Support Humans to Mars Goal Planetary Society Executive Director Testifies at Senate HearingThe Planetary Society has long advocated many of the steps outlined in the national space policy directive.
Jan 14, 2004
The Planetary Society Welcomes the President's New Course for Human Space ExplorationPresident Bush's proposed changes in the US human spaceflight program include refocusing human spaceflight from Earth-orbital operations to exploration of deep space and a return to the Moon as a proving ground for human exploration of Mars.
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