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.
People
GAO: Data-driven management is stuck in neutral
The Government Accountability Office says agencies haven't really improved on data-driven decision-making since 2013.
Emerging Tech
NASA Is Waiting for the Opportunity Rover to Phone Home
Scientists and researchers are standing by.
Emerging Tech
For First Time in 3 Years, NASA Is Shopping For New Spacecraft
At first, NASA officials didn’t think they’d see anything new in commercial spacecraft this year. Now they’re taking a second look.
Digital Government
Space as a Service: NASA and SpaceX Find a New Way of Putting People Into Orbit
SpaceX could be ferrying astronauts by April 2019.
Emerging Tech