Emerging Tech
The Evolving Search for Life on Mars
Before the first spaceflight, humanity’s sense of what—or who—might be in our galactic neighborhood was, by today’s standards, remarkably optimistic.
Emerging Tech
An Astronaut's View of Earth
What does our planet look like from the observation deck of the International Space Station?
Acquisition
Challenges and prizes: Procurement vehicle of the future?
How NASA and other agencies are using contests to bring better ideas into acquisition.
Digital Government
Among Best Federal Agencies to Work, NASA Continues to Soar
This is the third year in a row the agency was named the top place to work among large federal agencies.
Emerging Tech
This Spacecraft is About to Make the First Visit to Pluto
Launched on a mission to Pluto in January 2006, New Horizons went into sleep mode for much of its eight-year journey out to the edge of our solar system.
Emerging Tech
Orion and the History of NASA, in Pictures
A look back at the triumphs and tragedies of manned spaceflight.
Emerging Tech
NASA: Orion’s Launch is ‘Day One of the Mars Era’
The American spacecraft Orion has successfully commenced its first test flight.
Emerging Tech
Japanese Space Explorer Goes Hunting Asteroids
The space explorer Hayabusa2 began its mission Wednesday to shoot an explosive bullet at a space rock and return home with its cosmic guts by 2020.
Emerging Tech
Infographic: 8 Things to Look for During Orion's Test Flight
What the Orion space capsule will go through during it's orbit around the Earth.
Emerging Tech
The Industrialization of Space
This week, NASA marked a milestone: the first object manufactured outside of Earth.
Emerging Tech
Infographic: NASA's Great Effect on Tech
Studies estimate that for every federal dollar spent on NASA, the economy is boosted by as much as $14.
Emerging Tech
Infographic: NASA's Next Rocket
The era of the Space Shuttle may be over, but get a peek inside the space agency's new space launch system.
Acquisition
NASA rethinks contract awards under latest SEWP iteration
Responding to multiple protests, NASA said that until "corrective action is complete, any awarded SEWP V contracts remain suspended."
Acquisition
Cloud standards, SEWP protests and NGA gamification
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
A NASA nominee, NWS data and more robot boats
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Mobile usage, a PTO nominee and NASA's data swap
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
NASA names more SEWP V winners
Forty-one contracts were awarded in the Server Support Devices/Multi-functional Devices Group.
Modernization
Why NASA should be paying attention to protests in Hong Kong
An app used by pro-democracy protesters could provide a solution to deep-space communications.
People
Agencies' declining use of performance data
The government's use of performance information is down from 2007, despite GAO's attempts to promote its long-term operational benefits.
Acquisition