NASA Minute: Aug. 8, 2025

This week, Secretary Duffy unveiled two policy directives, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate announced a new opportunity for U.S. companies to collaborate with NASA, and we’re preparing to welcome Crew-10 back to Earth after five months in orbit.

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Hi, I’m Bethany Stevens, NASA Press Secretary. Today, I am on site at Headquarters for this week’s NASA Minute. NASA is fired up and ready to launch as we pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, guided by President Trump’s vision for American space leadership. This week Secretary Duffy unveiled two policy directives, about fission surface power on the lunar surface and commercial LEO destinations, that take steps to ensure America is prepared to win the second Space Race. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate announced a new opportunity for U.

S. companies to collaborate with NASA. Through this opportunity, companies will leverage NASA expertise, facilities, and software to advance commercial technologies in order to get us back to the Moon and then on to Mars. Last week, Crew-11 launched from Kennedy Space Center for a science expedition aboard the ISS, and we’re preparing to welcome Crew-10 back to Earth after five months in orbit. NASA’s Aeronautics leaders met with industry leaders to share the agency’s vision for the future of flight, including using Advanced Air Mobility research to increase transportation options for people and goods, at a recent policy forum.

The NASA-Indian Space Research Organization NISAR satellite launched last week, delivering a new way to monitor Earth’s surface movement in incredible detail. From returning Americans to the Moon to planting the Stars and Stripes on Mars, NASA is turning bold ambitions into reality under President Trump. Follow along here and across NASA’s social media channels to stay up to date as we make history together.

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