Coalition FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION

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Deep Space Extra

Oct 12, 2025

Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of October 6, 2025: Human Space Exploration NASA's Lunar Electric Rover rolls across Arizona | Space photo of the day for October 9, 2025; The first stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket has made it to the launch pad ahead of next week's test flight. Blue Origin launches 6 'Space Nomads,' including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight (video); Composing crews for Mars missions: Team diversity may foster resilience; Amid cuts, uncertainty, Sean Duffy, the acting NASA Administrator, focuses on the future of space travel; NASA's Artemis II mission is crucial...

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COALITION STATEMENTS

CDSE Testimony Before the Senate Commerce Committee: Why Congress and NASA Must Thwart China in the Space Race

Sep 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 3) – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, convened a full committee hearing titled “There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise: Why Congress and NASA Must Thwart China in the Space Race” on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM EST. The hearing examined...

NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO SEND NAMES ABOARD ARTEMIS ROBOTIC MOON ROVER

Jan 5, 2024

Blog. NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO SEND NAMES ABOARD ARTEMIS ROBOTIC MOON ROVER January 05, 2024. By: CDSE Team. NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard the agency’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER – short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. The rover will embark on a mission to the lunar South...

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Our commitment to pioneering new discoveries is vital to advancing U.S. leadership – in science, technology, the economy, defense and diplomacy.

The intangible desire to explore and challenge the boundaries of what we know and where we have been has provided exponential benefits to our society for centuries, enriching our lives and bringing humanity closer together.

“The vast stretches of the unknown and the unanswered and the unfinished still far outstrip our collective comprehension.” – John F. Kennedy, 1962

Accepting the challenge of going deeper into space will invite the citizens of the world today and the generations of tomorrow to join NASA on this exciting journey.