Sept. 11 (UPI) -- NASA has banned Chinese citizens with valid U.S. visas from working on its space programs at its facilities.

NASA has banned Chinese citizens with US visas from participating in agency programs — a dramatic escalation in the space race between China and the United States.

It is unclear how much notice Nasa gave Chinese nationals who were working for the agency. Bloomberg reported that they had suddenly found they were denied access to the agency's data systems and were barred from participating in meetings relating to their work - both in-person and virtual.

NASA employees are once again taking to the streets to raise awareness about deep science cuts and layoffs at the space agency.

House appropriators offered support, but no specific funding, for several NASA missions slated for cancellation in the administration’s 2026 budget.

A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before.

NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy pushed back against recent claims that the agency is losing ground to China in the race back to the moon, promising the Artemis program will get astronauts there first,

NASA's Artemis II mission offers a unique opportunity for global participation by sending names on its first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years. Sche