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Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator, told astronomers at a conference that his interactions with the Trump administration's landing team have been going as expected. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, seeking to assure astronomers concerned about the next administration, said that the transition process has gone as he expected.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...