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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 14, 2002
Planetary Society Offers New ScholarshipsThe Society will award two Planetary Society Scholarship for Space Studies each year for the next five years, beginning with the 2002-2003 school year.
Dec 19, 2001
Planetary Society Protests Stop To Near-Earth Object ObservationsThe Planetary Society strongly condemns NASA's decision to terminate radar observations of Near Earth Objects (NEOs) from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Nov 26, 2001
The Planetary Society Presents The Worlds of 2001The Planetary Society will pay tribute to the film's legacy with a free lecture about current planetary exploration.
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