NASA emphasizes smallsats for science amid budget uncertainty

Published on August 12, 2025
Nicola Fox, NASA associate administrator for science, delivers the keynote address at SmallSat 2025 Monday. Credit: Allison Bills / SmallSat

SALT LAKE CITY –The head of NASA’s science directorate said the agency remains committed to using small satellites to carry out a variety of missions, although those plans face uncertain budgets. In a keynote at the Small Satellite Conference here Aug. 11, Nicola Fox, NASA associate administrator for science, highlighted the role that smallsats were […]

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