Emerging Tech
Another Shocking Delay for NASA’s Next Big Telescope
If the James Webb Space Telescope wants to get off the ground, it will need a blessing—and more money—from Congress.
Emerging Tech
When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
A recent mission atop a Hawaiian volcano shows humans still have much to learn before they set foot on another world.
Emerging Tech
NASA Can’t Find Most of the Asteroids Threatening Earth, But It Has a Plan
They’re working on it.
Acquisition
New federal contracting rule cuts off Kaspersky
The government is seeking to eliminate all traces of cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs from federal systems, issuing a new interim rule to extend the governmentwide ban to contractors.
Emerging Tech
NASA Seeks Moon-Ready Technologies For Short-Notice Trip
The agency's prepping for a trip to the moon as soon as next year.
Acquisition
SEWP tool helps federal IT supply chain
SEWP's authorized reseller identification tool is helping the contract vehicle's federal customers weed out unauthorized IT gear and services.
Digital Government
What Should We Do About the International Space Station?
The Trump administration and Congress are set to collide over the fate of the massive orbital lab.
Emerging Tech
Next-Gen Weather Satellite Goes Online; NASA Orders Two More for $460M
The first satellite in the new Joint Polar Satellite System passed all its tests and is fully operational.
Cybersecurity
Investigators Slam NASA for Numerous IT and Cybersecurity Shortcomings
The agency has only made modest progress on longstanding issues.
Emerging Tech
NOAA’s Newest Weather Satellite Isn’t Working Right
The satellite's “premiere” instrument gets too hot at night and engineers are struggling to find out why.
Digital Government
NASA wants predictive analytics for drone-crash casualties
The agency is asking for risk management and decision-making tools that can help it accurately estimate the deaths and injuries caused by a drone that crashes into a populated area.
Emerging Tech
The Mystery of the ‘SpaceBees’ Just Got Even Weirder
As the government investigates an unauthorized satellite launch, amateur trackers are watching the skies for clues.
Emerging Tech
The First Humans Sent to Mars Will Need to 3D Print Their Meals
Current 'space' food just won't cut it.
Digital Government
The U.S. Government Wants to Start Charging for the Best Free Satellite Data on Earth
The government says the cost of sharing the data has grown as more people access it.
Ideas
NASA Soups Up Mars 2020 Robot with Hi-Def Ears and Its Own Drone
The drone's helicopter rotors must spin 10 times faster than on Earth.
Policy
Congress Is Quietly Nudging NASA to Look for Aliens
The space agency hasn't funded the search for extraterrestrial intelligence for 25 years. Could that soon change?
Emerging Tech
Are We There Yet?
How scientists and engineers handle a spacecraft’s months-long journey to Mars.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Is Charging NASA More Money To Deliver Cargo to the ISS
Launching supplies into space is expensive.
Digital Government
NASA Finally Gets a New Leader
Nearly 15 months after President Trump was sworn in, the space agency has a permanent administrator.
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