Jim Bridenstine

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  SpaceX Crew Dragon to Ferry Four Astronauts to International Space Station on November 14

  Three NASA crew and one Japanese astronaut are set for launch aboard a SpaceX rocket, bound for the International Space Station in the program's first six-month routine mission since the US resumed crewed space flight in May after nine years of reliance on Russia.

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  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Explains Twitter Spat With SpaceX

  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Thursday that a recent Twitter statement critical of SpaceX was a signal to all the space agency's contractors about realistic development timelines.

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  "Pluto Is A Planet," Says NASA Administrator, Reigniting Old Debate

  Pluto lost its status as the ninth planet of our solar system more than 13 years ago, but there are still people who consider it to be one. Notable among these names is NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

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  NASA Unveils Schedule for 'Artemis' 2024 Moon Mission

  NASA on Thursday unveiled the calendar for the "Artemis" program that will return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in half a century.

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  NASA Is Scrambling to Meet the White House Mandate to Return Astronauts to the Moon by 2024

  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Monday that the agency will need additional funding to meet a White House mandate to land people on the moon by 2024.

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  NASA Administrator Says First Person on Mars Likely to Be a Woman

  The NASA administrator did not identify a specific person but said women are at the forefront of the agency's upcoming plans.

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  NASA Chief Acknowledges More Trouble With SLS Rocket

  Wednesday's announcement illustrates how quickly NASA has embraced a new era dominated by private space companies.

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  First Person On Mars Likely To Be A Woman: NASA

  The first person on Mars is 'likely to be a woman', NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said.

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  NASA Seeks US Partners to Develop Reusable Systems for Moon Mission

  NASA is planning to test new human-class landers on the Moon beginning in 2024, with the goal of sending crew to the surface in 2028.

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  NASA Chief Says Elon Musk Won't Be Smoking Joints Publicly Again

  NASA chief Jim Bridenstine elaborated this week on the reasons why the US space agency launched a safety review of SpaceX and Boeing, which are building spaceships for astronauts, including their workplace culture and drug-free policies.

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  NASA Chooses Nine Companies to Bid on Flying to Moon

  The move is part of NASA's goal of sending people to the Moon in the next decade, for the first time since the Apollo era of the 1960s and '70s.

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  NASA Chief Excited About Prospects for Exploiting Water on the Moon

  The discovery holds tantalising implications for efforts to return humans to the moon for the first time in half a century.

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  NASA Chief Excited About "Billions Of Tons" Of Water Ice On The Moon

  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has a vision for renewed and "sustainable" human exploration of the moon, and he cites the existence of water on the lunar surface as a key to chances for success.

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  NASA's Next Great Space Telescope Is Stuck On Earth

  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was supposed to be a million miles from Earth by now, peering deep into the universe and back in time to when stars were first assembling into galaxies.

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  NASA's New Chief Changes Mind, Now Believes In Climate Change

  NASA's new administrator, a former lawmaker nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the US space agency, admitted Wednesday he has changed his mind about climate change and now believes that humans are the main driver of greenhouse gas emissions.