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Japanese Moon Lander Crash and Trump’s NASA Nominee Withdrawal
Simply Space
11 minutes 35 seconds
5 months ago
Japanese Moon Lander Crash and Trump’s NASA Nominee Withdrawal
In today's episode, we delve into the crash of Japan's Resilience Moon Lander and its implications for private space exploration. We also discuss President Trump's unexpected withdrawal of Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA Administrator, exploring the political and scientific ramifications. Plus, we uncover the discovery of a giant exoplanet orbiting a small star, challenging existing planetary formation theories. Join us for these stories and more on Simply News Radio.Sources:https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/japanese-spacecraft-goes-dark-during-attempted-moon-landing-its-payload-would-have-been-a-world-firsthttps://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/japaneses-resilience-lander-crashes-on-the-moon/https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/06/05/live-coverage-ispace-makes-second-attempt-at-historic-moon-landing/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/private-japanese-lunar-lander-ispace-moon-far-north-resilience-tenacious/https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/japanese-company-ispace-will-attempt-historic-moon-landing-on-june-5https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/a-second-lunar-landing-failure-for-ispace/https://www.ainvest.com/news/japan-ispace-lunar-landing-failure-crossroads-commercial-space-risk-resilience-2506/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrFJDbn8A7E&vl=hihttps://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/whats-flying-to-the-moon-on-ispaces-resilience-lunar-landerhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/31/president-trump-withdraws-isaacman-nomination-for-nasa-administrator-days-before-senate-confirmation-vote/https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/31/trump-nasa-nomination-pulled-00378805https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/jared-isaacman-out-as-nasa-administrator-nominee/https://eos.org/research-and-developments/trump-withdraws-nomination-for-nasa-administratorhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/snub-musks-nasa-nominee-ally-preceded-sudden-big-beautiful-bill-criticism-trump-feudhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jun/giant-planet-discovered-orbiting-tiny-starhttps://www.sci.news/astronomy/giant-exoplanet-low-mass-star-toi-6894-13960.htmlhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-planet-discovered-orbiting-tiny-star-toi-6894/https://economictimes.com/news/international/us/whats-toi-6894b-that-just-showed-up-around-a-dwarf-star-only-2-5-times-its-size-heres-why-thats-weird/articleshow/121690420.cmshttps://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/ginormous-planet-discovered-around-tiny-red-star-challenges-our-understanding-of-solar-systems
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