Digital Government
CDC, NASA seek apps to monitor employee vaccinations
CDC is looking for a vaccine passport-type service to authenticate COVID-19 vaccine data on its employees and to supply proof of recent tests for traveling agency employees, while NASA is looking for a smartphone app that would not only allow its 18,000 employees to display their vaccination status when entering a NASA facility, but also help the space agency efficiently survey, report and analyze data on the immunization status of its workforce.
Digital Government
NASA’s Artemis Astronauts Could Catch a New Ride to the Launchpad
The space agency is in the market for a zero-emission vehicle that can fit at least eight, plus their gear.
Emerging Tech
Bill Would Direct NASA to Design Next-Generation Spacesuits
If passed, the work would unfold in Texas.
Ideas
Swarms May Offer Next Level Artificial Intelligence
NASA wants to push the concept of swarm intelligence to new heights.
Emerging Tech
NASA Wants Industry to Build Next-Generation Space Stations
The space agency is looking to industry to design and build destinations in space that can be used for tourism and science-based missions.
Emerging Tech
Spacesuits and Lawsuits Put 2024 Moon Landing in Jeopardy
Two lunar-exploration spacesuits won’t be ready, a new report says, while bid protests have held up work on the lander.
Emerging Tech
NASA Turns to Edge Computing to Protect ISS Astronauts from Contamination
A microbiologist said the emerging technology will be vital to the space agency’s future exploration.
Ideas
Mars Helicopter Continues to Soar with Open-Source Software
One of the truly amazing things about Ingenuity is that it’s built from commercially available hardware parts and runs on free, open-source software.
Emerging Tech
How 3D Printing with Moonrock-Like Material Could Lead to New Space Habitats
New research could also mark a milestone for a sophisticated device that already resides beyond Earth.
Digital Government
NASA Ranks as the Best Place to Work in Government for Ninth Year
The federal government still has “a lot of work to do to improve its competitiveness with the private sector as an employer of choice,” head of the nonprofit that released the rankings says.
Acquisition
NASA looks to change course on cybersecurity with new contract
NASA's inspector general says the agency's "fragmented" IT approach has left it with an overly risky cybersecurity posture. Meanwhile the agency is preparing a solicitation for a wide-ranging cybersecurity management contract.
Artificial Intelligence
NASA’s Modern Missions Lean on Emerging Tech
The agency’s CDO reflected on how AI, machine learning and automation are being increasingly operationalized.
Ideas
The New Space Race Will Be Run by Robots
Given the risks of space travel versus the potential rewards, it seems like robots are better suited for this role than humans.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Is Maybe, Actually, Strangely, Going to Do This Mars Thing
From his private Cape Canaveral, the billionaire is manifesting his own interplanetary reality—whatever it costs.
Ideas
Our Most Advanced Technology Can Still Be Bested by a Rock
Earth is doomed if a large asteroid ever comes calling.
Ideas
NASA Reaches for the Wright Stuff
Just being able to successfully hover off the ground will be a huge victory for the Ingenuity helicopter.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Martian Helicopter Readies for Inaugural Flight on Earth’s Neighbor
The agency provided updates on milestones met—and a glimpse at what’s to come.
Ideas
Mars Perseverance Mission Already Producing Amazing Moments
Watching the rover plummet only to perform a delicate, ballet-like finish was breathtaking.
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