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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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Apr 05, 2023
The Planetary Society leads scientific community and advocates in rallying around NASA’s VERITAS missionOn Wednesday, The Society published a joint letter urging Congress to commit to authorizing NASA to launch VERITAS no later than November 2029. The American Geophysical Union, as well as the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Tulane University, and Mount Holyoke College, academic institutions that have important roles in the mission, also signed the letter.
Mar 14, 2023
The Planetary Society Welcomes Continued Budget Growth for NASA, Calls on Congress to ActThe Planetary Society released a statement welcoming the Biden Administration’s proposal to increase NASA’s budget by 7% in 2024, which supports the Artemis return to the Moon, Mars Sample Return, and a 2028 launch date of the Near-Earth Object Surveyor planetary defense mission.
Feb 14, 2023
Are we alone in the universe? UCLA astronomers enlist the public to find out, with support from The Planetary SocietyAnyone can help classify radio signals that could reveal the existence of intelligent life elsewhere, thanks to a new SETI project being launched by UCLA astronomers with the support of The Planetary Society.
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