Emerging Tech
SpaceX’s Launch This Weekend Is a Monument to Space Capitalism—Just Ask NASA
This marks the beginning of a new phase of American operations in space.
Emerging Tech
Video: NASA Released More Ultra-High Definition Footage of Earth
The space agency shows us a whole new world.
Digital Government
A NASA Engineer Was Required to Unlock his Phone at the Border
A U.S.-born scientist was detained at the Houston airport until he gave customs agents the passcode to his work-issued device.
Digital Government
An Algae That Survived Two Years in Outer Space May Hold the Secret to Growing Food on Mars
Algae produce proteins and oxygen, both key ingredients for surviving once humans leave the blue planet.
Modernization
Video: How Satellite Imagery Helped Save Chimps
A look at NASA's partnership with Jane Goodall Institute.
Emerging Tech
Trump's Advisers Want to Return Humans to the Moon in 3 Years
The plan could dramatically shift the mission of the space agency, prioritizing low-Earth orbit activity over distant exploration.
Modernization
Watchdog: IT Issues May Have Caused NASA To Cook A Spacecraft
The agency needs to do a better job monitoring its IT and operational technology, an OIG report says.
Modernization
Watchdog: IT glitch at NASA led to fire
NASA, like many other large federal and commercial organizations, is still sorting out how to handle interconnected automatic industrial control devices and systems within its larger IT environment, according to a watchdog report.
Modernization
Airspace integration takes more than tech
Integrating commercial space vehicles into the National Air Space is an organizational challenge as well as a technical one, experts say.
Modernization
NASA's shadow IT problem
In a follow-up review of the space agency's cloud IT, NASA's IG said there are still problems with FedRAMP authorizations.
Digital Government
NASA Research Has Uncovered Pockets of Airborn Radiation That Could Be Dangerous to Flyers
The concept of low-level cosmic radiation in our atmosphere is nothing new, but this is something different.
Emerging Tech
The Ambitious Plan to Send a Spacecraft in Search of Life to Nearest Habitable Planet Beyond Our Solar System
The first attempt to reach the star will likely be from billionaire Yuri Milner.
Modernization
FAA challenged by growing commercial space industry
The flight agency is looking to adapt and expand its mission to meet the demands of growing space commercialization.
Emerging Tech
Video: Boeing Introduces New Kind of Space Suit
A snazzier outfit for NASA astronauts.
Digital Government
Hi-Tech Pods That Allow Human Beings to Hibernate for Long-Distance Space Travel Are About to Become a Reality
“Our goal is to get from days and weeks to months,” says Bradford, who says the medical equipment used for therapeutic hypothermia can easily be automated and made space-ready.
Emerging Tech
NASA Used Supercomputer to Simulate How Air Flows Around a Drone
The findings could help improve future technology.
Emerging Tech