Space

NOAA Partners with Google to Boost Weather Forecasts with AI

The roughly $10 million deal will also incorporate new hands-on training opportunities for both entities’ personnel.

  • By Brandi Vincent

NASA Confirms Water on Moon’s Sunlit Surface

It’s an important discovery that could impact future Moon missions.

  • By Frank Konkel

Microsoft, SpaceX Team Up to Bring Cloud Computing to Space

Microsoft is taking its cloud to the final frontier.

  • By Frank Konkel

NASA Greenlights Hundreds of Millions in Advanced Space Tech Demonstrations

Among the awards is a proposal to bring 4G connectivity to space.

  • By Brandi Vincent

NGA Contest Unearths New Ways to Help Measure the Planet’s Magnetic Field

The agency funded five projects through its global MagQuest competition.

  • By Brandi Vincent

SpaceX, L3Harris Technologies Get Pentagon Contracts to Track Missiles from Outer Space

Potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the contracts continue the Defense Department’s plans to beef up space operations.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Can We Still Go to Mars?

The pandemic is making a journey to the red planet feel further away than ever.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

NASA to Debut New-and-Improved Space Toilet

Astronauts informed the unit's creation and have high hopes that it’ll bring more comfort to all who use it.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Modern Space Missions Lead to Standing Joint NASA, DOE Coordinating Group

Senior Energy officials briefed Nextgov on a range of areas that present potential opportunities for the agencies to advance each other’s missions. 

  • By Brandi Vincent

Critical Update: NASA’s Big Plans For the Moon and Beyond 

It’s a new era of spaceflight for America’s space agency.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Amazing Mars Mission Nearing Red Planet

The Mars Perseverance Rover is now speeding toward Mars at a blazing 71,413 miles per hour.

  • By John Breeden II

White House Council Seeks Input on Plan to Invest in Alternatives to GPS

The request for information flows from an executive order on the responsible use of positioning, navigation and timing services.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Cold War Satellite Captures Threat to Marmots

Using satellite data, the researchers could map the impact of agriculture on the bobak marmot, for one, as far back as the 1960s, and up to the present day.

  • By Ida Eriksen, Futurity

‘Thanks for Flying SpaceX’

After a successful splashdown, SpaceX is poised to take over the job of shuttling American astronauts to space.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

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How the Energy Department Is Powering NASA’s Soon-to-Launch Mars Rover

Undersecretary for Science Paul Dabbar offered a glimpse into the agency’s efforts beyond Earth.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Critical Update: Reinventing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Technology is important but keeping and developing talent will be crucial, NGA Director Vice Adm. Robert Sharp says.

  • By Frank Konkel

NASA Wants Feedback on Liability Issues with Sending Private Astronauts to Space

The space agency is seeking additional feedback on the insurance and accountability issues that accompany bringing commercial astronauts to the International Space Station.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Why Are Scientists Trying to Manufacture Organs in Space?

These experiments help researchers optimize tissue growth for use in basic science, personalized medicine and organ transplantation.

  • By Alysson R. Muotri, The Conversation

NASA Watchdog Reports on Why the Agency Still Struggles with Cybersecurity

Almost half of the controls in an overarching shared system were assessed as deficient.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Space Satellite Data Reveals the Pandemic’s Effects on Earth

A new dashboard—created by NASA and international partners—enables users to see changes in air and water quality, greenhouse gases, city nightlights, economic indicators and agricultural production.

  • By Brandi Vincent

New Space Strategy Is Heavy on ‘Winning,’ Light on Details

The first major update in nine years set out more forceful goals, but leaves gaps.

  • By Patrick Tucker