The Space Race: Honoring the first African-American space explorers

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U.S. space science in flux: Grant rules, rockets, and reorganization

Between budget battles, proposed grant rule changes, and an exploding Blue Origin rocket, there's a lot to cover in U.S. space policy right now. Jack Kiraly, The Planetary Society's director of government relations, joins host Sarah Al-Ahmed to walk through a cascade of developme ...  Show more

Space Policy Edition: A proposal to stifle American science

The White House's Office of Management and Budget has released a sweeping 400-page proposed rule change that would fundamentally alter how the U.S. federal government manages grants, affecting everything from NASA research to biomedical science and community programs. In this epi ...  Show more

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