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NASA leadership cautions recovery from shutdown will take time
As NASA reopens after the longest government shutdown in history, the agency’s administrator said Jan. 29 that a full recovery from the effects of the shutdown will take longer than the shutdown itself.
Five-week government shutdown ends, for now
A partial government shutdown that had shuttered NASA and a number of other agencies involved with civil and commercial space activities came to at least a temporary end Jan. 25, five weeks after it started.
Shutdown’s toll mounts for NASA and companies
A partial government shutdown now nearly five weeks old is affecting a growing number of space companies and organizations as well as the agencies themselves shuttered by the lapse in funding.
NASA delays SpaceX commercial crew test flight to February
NASA confirmed Jan. 10 that an uncrewed test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft will now take place no sooner than February, due at least in part to the ongoing government shutdown.
Shutdown grounds NASA’s airborne observatory
The ongoing partial government shutdown has grounded NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory amid reviews about how to operate that program in the future.
Astrophysics meetings, but not missions, disrupted by government shutdown
The ongoing partial government shutdown has upended aspects of a major astronomy conference this week but has not, for now, affected operations of NASA astrophysics missions.
House passes spending bills to end shutdown
The House of Representatives, now under Democratic leadership, passed spending bills Jan. 3 that would fund government agencies that have been shut down for nearly two weeks, but the bills face a presidential veto threat.
Government shutdown delays commercial launch
The ongoing partial government shutdown has led one company to delay an upcoming launch and could affect other commercial launches in the near future, including a key commercial crew mission.
Latest shutdown to curtail NASA activities
A partial government shutdown that started Dec. 22 will once again force NASA to halt most of its non-essential activities and could hinder coverage of spaceflight events planned for the end of the year.
