Emerging Tech
Reefer Madness at NASA
The space agency has reportedly decided to review workplace culture at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smoked marijuana on a podcast.
Emerging Tech
Hawaii’s Mars Simulations Are Turning Into Moon Missions
The dome where crew members practiced red-planet missions will now be converted to a simulated moon base.
Emerging Tech
The International Space Station Is Getting a “Refabricator” for Its 20th Birthday
Its real value could lie in longer exploration missions.
Artificial Intelligence
NASA Collaborated With Autodesk To Design A New Interplanetary Lander
Figuring out a way to explore distant moons requires some creative thinking.
Emerging Tech
Hubble Space Telescope Is Back In Action
Tech support for a telescope is quite the challenge.
Modernization
NASA extends incumbent on troubled ACES contract
It looks like NASA is going to go the full 10 years on its agencywide $2.5 billion IT services contract ACES, despite early hiccups.
Emerging Tech
NASA Designed a Special Claw For the Mars Insight Lander
The claw is essential for investigating the red planet.
Emerging Tech
NASA Made the Mars Curiosity Rover Switch Brains
No, NASA can't do this process on people.
Emerging Tech
The Moon Is Open for Business
Commercial companies are proposing lunar missions at a pace the world hasn’t seen since the Apollo program.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Mini-Satellite Could Improve Your Weather Forecast
This tiny device is designed to track massive storms.
Digital Government
'Alexa, how is NASA using chatbots?'
NASA is testing these devices to see how well they work with automating internal processes like scheduling a meeting or looking up contract information.
Emerging Tech
Google’s New Tool to Fight Climate Change
The company will begin estimating local carbon pollution from cities around the world.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Beloved Mars Rovers Are Having a Rough Year
One was felled by a dust storm. And now the other has been sidelined by a technical glitch.
Digital Government
NASA’s First Female Chief Spaceflight Director is Holly Ridings
Ridings will lead all human spaceflight missions from Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
People
What federal job automation looks like
As the Trump administration aims to drive efficiency and accuracy and eliminate "low-value work," agencies are starting to think about what aspects of their operations lend themselves to automation.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Space Probes Shouldn't Be Tacky Billboards
Apollo, Voyager, Hubble … The Dorito?
Emerging Tech
A Tiny Hole in the Soyuz Spacecraft Could Be a Huge Headache for NASA
This puts more pressure on Boeing and SpaceX to fly astronauts.
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