Policy
House Panel Rejects Space Force
The Pentagon’s arguments are unconvincing, a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee says.
Emerging Tech
NRO Is Offering $500K For Experimental Surveillance Tech
The National Reconnaissance Office revealed six areas for the 2019 cohort of the Director’s Innovation Initiative.
Digital Government
Even Astronauts Binge-Watch TV While in Space
In a cramped and isolated environment like a space station, leisure activities are extra important for maintaining mental health.
Policy
CBO: Space Force Could Cost $3B Up Front, $1.3B Annually
The new independent analysis comes as lawmakers weigh the creation of a new branch of the military.
Emerging Tech
How Humans Will Design the First Full-Time Habitat on the Moon
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), in partnership with the ESA and MIT, wants to accommodate research and maybe even tourism on the moon.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon is Investing in Space Robots to Repair Satellites
The robots would service military, government and commercial spacecraft more than 22,000 miles above the Earth.
Ideas
New Technology May Soon Require a Dedicated Space Force
Whether a Space Force exists or not, the Pentagon's research arm is looking at space strategically.
Emerging Tech
IARPA is Investing in AI That Constantly Analyzes Worldwide Satellite Images
The IC envisions a system that can stitch together archived and real-time data from satellites, and link it to footage from planes, drones and other aircraft.
Digital Government
What Spy-Satellite Companies Can Teach NASA About Climate Change
The space agency is exploring what three Earth-observation start-ups can teach it about the planet.
Digital Government
Senators wonder why we need Space Force
Lawmakers are worried about more bureaucracy and overlap, and some missing pieces to the Space Force plan.
Emerging Tech
Scientists Predict Weak Sun Activity During Next Solar Cycle
Low solar activity should mean relatively calm space weather for the next 11 years.
Emerging Tech
Another Launch Startup Gets Work from the Air Force
New Zealand-based Rocket Lab will orbit a trio of satellites as Pentagon hunts for cheap ways to put sensors in space.
Emerging Tech
Why Trump Wants to Go to the Moon So Badly
The administration has vowed to return Americans to the lunar surface in 2024 “by any means necessary.”
Digital Government
Space Force’s Projected Size Drifts Upward, Drawing Concern on Capitol Hill
Despite “lean” pledges, aides are skeptical about the size of the proposed branch and the number of generals who will lead it.
Emerging Tech
The Mysterious Exploding Asteroid
A NASA spacecraft reached a space rock and found it orbited by tiny moons—a phenomenon that “has never been seen before in any solar-system object.”
Emerging Tech
What Would a Dog Do on Mars?
New art from NASA imagines a rosy but unrealistic future of canines on the distant planet.
Emerging Tech
NASA Could Go to the Moon Next Year
The agency is willing to ditch its own billion-dollar rocket in favor of a commercial one, to meet a very tight deadline.
Emerging Tech
On the Brink of a New Era of Spaceflight
After years of relying on Russia to get to space, NASA astronauts might soon fly on American-made launch systems.
Digital Government
NOAA Celebrates Weather Satellite Removal From GAO’s High Risk List
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration successfully navigated a major challenge to one of its weather satellite systems that could have derailed U.S. weather forecasting.
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