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ASAP Recommendation 2025-05-03 calls for NASA to revise NPR 8621.1D to unambiguously mandate timely declaration of a mishap or close call for any anomalous event affecting crew or spacecraft safety.
NASA considered Blue Origin’s New Glenn upper stage for evaluation.
The law reinstates the positions of NASA Chief Scientist, Chief Technologist, and Chief Economist that had been eliminated.
Crew-12 carried ESA French astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission lifted off on Friday 13 February at 5:15 local time (11:15 CET) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission lifted off on Friday 13 February at 5:15 local time (11:15 CET) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
ASAP Recommendation 2025-05-01 calls for NASA to realign acquisition strategies agency-wide so contract structures afford the agency technical insight and safety oversight commensurate with its risk management responsibilities.
The authorized NASA budget in the NASA Authorization Act of 2026 represents a 2.5% increase versus the previous year.
The Act requires NASA to maintain a continuous presence in orbit and stipulates that the ISS may be deorbited only after a commercial station has demonstrated for one full year the ability to assume current scientific and commercial activities.
ASAP Recommendation 2025-05-02 calls for NASA to reexamine the mission objectives and system architecture for Artemis III and subsequent missions to redistribute risk across multiple flights.
ASAP warned that throughout 2025 personnel departed NASA at a rate not seen in years and that 2025 budget cuts prompted incentivized retirements and hiring freezes.
ASAP recommends that NASA stabilize its senior engineering workforce and sustain or potentially increase the ISS budget to manage aging hardware and microcracking until safe decommissioning is possible.
ASAP found that NASA’s failure to declare a mishap for the Starliner flight created ambiguity and confusion among NASA and Boeing staff about decision-making authorities, priorities, and risk ownership.
The NASA Authorization Act of 2026 authorizes NASA to extend the operational life of the International Space Station until September 30, 2032.
NASA did not declare an in-flight mishap or a high-visibility close call for the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test despite repeated anomalies and a loss of control in at least one axis near the ISS.
ASAP recommends that NASA adopt a more deliberate, stepwise flight-test cadence for Artemis missions similar to the Apollo program to reduce risk before risking a crewed lunar landing.
Crew-12 carried ESA’s French astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
NASA’s workforce is projected to drop to roughly 15,000 personnel by the end of 2026, its smallest size since 1960.
ASAP warned that the rapid exodus of experienced personnel threatens NASA’s capacity to oversee complex risks and preserve operational expertise for Artemis lunar missions.
The 2025 Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) Annual Report warns that NASA is at a risky crossroads due to budget cuts, workforce losses, and shifting contracting practices.