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This June 2009 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force via NASA shows the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. President Donald Trump says there may someday be a &quot;space force&quot; fighting alongside the Air Force, Army and other branches of the military. Trump was speaking March 13, 2018, about his administration's investments in space exploration to members of the military when he said that space is becoming a &quot;war-fighting domain.&quot; (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Aluminum plant manager accused of defrauding NASA

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This image provided by the office of Rep. Jim Bridenstine shows Bridenstine. The Senate on April 19, 2018, narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's choice of Bridenstine to run NASA. It's an unprecedented party-line vote for the head of the normally nonpartisan space agency. The vote was 50-49 to confirm Bridenstine, a Navy Reserve pilot. Bridenstine will be NASA's 13th administrator. (Rep. Jim Bridenstine via AP)

Trump’s divisive pick to run NASA wins narrow confirmation

By BY SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Trump NASA chief choice rescued in last-minute vote switch

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

This photo released by SpaceX on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 shows a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Fla. Once in orbit, TESS will peer at hundreds of thousands of bright neighboring stars, seeking planets that might support life. (SpaceX via AP)

The Latest: SpaceX rocket booster lands on floating platform

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This photo released by SpaceX on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 shows a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Fla. Once in orbit, TESS will peer at hundreds of thousands of bright neighboring stars, seeking planets that might support life. (SpaceX via AP)

NASA’s Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

NASA to conduct sonic boom testing off Texas Gulf Coast

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In this image released by SpaceX, NASA' s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) sits atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40, Monday, April 16, 2018, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA’s newest planet-hunting spacecraft is poised for a Monday evening launch. The Tess satellite will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (SpaceX via AP)

Launch delay for NASA’s newest planet-hunting spacecraft

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). NASA announced that this new exoplanet, named TOI-715 b, is located a mere 137 light-years from Earth and lies within what is considered the "habitable zone," the area around a star where conditions could support liquid water — and hence, potentially life. (NASA via AP, file)

NASA spacecraft aims to put mystery planets on galactic map

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This undated photo made available by NASA shows technicians with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Scheduled for an April 2018 launch, the spacecraft will prowl for planets around the closest, brightest stars. These newfound worlds eventually will become prime targets for future telescopes looking to tease out any signs of life. (NASA via AP)

NASA Tess spacecraft to prowl for planets as galactic scout

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This cover image released by Random house shows &quot;Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon,&quot; by Robert Kurson. (Random House via AP)

Review: Book shows Apollo 8 was a big risk for 3 astronauts

By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

Departing Arizona treasurer offers advice on replacement

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

The Latest: Arizona’s DeWit resigning April 3 for NASA job

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In this April 13, 2017 photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The telescope’s 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe. On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, NASA announced it has delayed the launch of the next-generation space telescope until 2020. (Laura Betz/NASA via AP)

NASA delays next-generation space telescope until 2020

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Arizona State Treasurer Jeff DeWit speaks with the media after being nominated by President Donald Trump to be chief financial officer at NASA. The U.S. Senate has confirmed DeWit as chief financial officer for NASA, setting the stage for his resignation. (AP Photo/Bob Christie, File)

Arizona state treasurer confirmed for NASA post

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

This composite image provided by NASA, derived from data collected by the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft, shows the central cyclone at the planet's north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. Jupiter’s poles are blanketed by geometric clusters of cyclones and its atmosphere is deeper than suspected, scientists reported Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM via AP)

Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter’s poles

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the United Launch Alliance via NASA shows a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NOAA's GOES-S satellite waits for liftoff on Thursday, March 1, 2018, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-S is the second satellite in an approximately $11 billion effort that’s already revolutionizing forecasting with astonishingly fast, crisp images of hurricanes, wildfires, floods, mudslides and other natural calamities. (United Launch Alliance/NASA via AP)

NASA launches advanced weather satellite for western US

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image provided by NASA on Feb. 25, 2018, shows from bottom to top: Russia’s Alexander Misurkin, NASA’s Mark Vande Hei, middle, and NASA’s Joe Acaba posing for a photograph at the International Space Station. The three astronauts are headed back to Earth on Tuesday, Feb. 27, following a nearly six-month mission at the International Space Station. Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba moved into the orbiting lab in September. They are targeting a Kazakhstan touchdown for their Russian capsule. (NASA via AP)

3 space station astronauts return to Earth

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In a Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 photo, Chris Kochling, NASA contractor, in training to be a flight controller, talks about NASA's Mission Control in Houston. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)

NASA’s Mission Control team shifts to younger recruits

By ALEX STUCKEY - Associated Press

This photo provided by NASA shows astronauts Norishige Kanai of Japan, left, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei during a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The astronauts are wrapping up months of repair work on the station's big robot arm. The 58-foot robot arm had both of its aging mechanical hands replaced on previous spacewalks. (NASA via AP)

Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repair

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the company's spacesuit in Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car which was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX launches new rocket on first test flight

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