Space

NOAA Should Reassess Geostationary Satellite Launch Plans, IG Says

It isn’t the first time the satellite program has come under scrutiny.

  • By Frank Konkel

Will Space Force Protect Orbiting Gas Stations and Bases on the Moon?

As U.S. companies venture farther from Earth, whether the newest service will protect them remains under discussion.

  • By Tara Copp

Lawmakers Propose Expanding Cybersecurity Support for Commercial Satellite Companies

New legislation would direct CISA to create a one-stop clearinghouse to help inform such entities.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Digital Transformation Goes Nowhere Without Vision, NASA Official Says

The space agency has major plans to transform its operations.

  • By Patience Wait

Who’s in Charge of US Space Policy?

Space professionals worry the National Space Council is ceding its defense portfolio.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber and Jacqueline Feldscher

The Government and Technology Innovation That Shined in 2021 

Some agencies laid some groundwork for new developments that might make life better in the future.

  • By John Breeden II

NASA Bringing Bioprinting Technology To Space Station

The space agency is furthering bioprinting as a safe method for healing wounds in outer space.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Air Force Breakthrough Brings Space-Based Solar Power One Step Closer

Tomorrow’s remote military bases could be powered by a light-to-microwave tile that just passed a key test.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Why NASA Is Trying to Dodge the Moon

If the James Webb Space Telescope were to leave Earth at the wrong time, our very own satellite could thwart the mission.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Should Killing a Satellite Provoke War on Earth?

A Space Force official says the service is considering how to respond to attacks in orbit.

  • By Jacqueline Feldscher

Tech Holds the Key to Overlapping Climate, Conservation and Peacebuilding Goals

Satellite Imagery Can Empower Communities and NGOs worldwide.

  • By Patience Wait

Space Force Moves to Speedily Buy Constellation of Free-Flying Satellites

The newest military branch is “continually looking to engage with industry to find ‘go faster’ solutions,” according to a division director.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon Moves to Prove the Feasibility of Biomanufacturing in Space

Ethics experts will support a new DARPA project that could pave the way for the Defense Department's first space-based manufacturing option.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Space Force Has a Plan for Training Its Troops. Now It Must Figure Out What They Need to Learn

The newest service can’t train the same way its sisters do. It needs a new simulated environment.

  • By Patrick Tucker
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Pentagon Outlines Role for New UFO Office

Defense leaders want to make sure they can spot and track “phenomena” trespassing over training ranges.

  • By Tara Copp

Air Force Lab, New Mexico Institute Get Set for ‘High-Powered Window to Space’

Once completed, a sophisticated new telescope will support national security and could provide some of the clearest resolutions of space-based objects.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Maybe Don’t Blow Up Satellites in Space

Just look at the trouble the debris from Russia’s missile test already caused for the International Space Station.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

How to Help Mars Robots With Their Missions

NASA would like everyone to pitch in.

  • By John Breeden II

Half of Space Travelers Experience Back Pain

The human spine is built to support our bodies under the gravitational forces experienced on Earth.

  • By Vanessa Wasta, Futurity

This Isn’t the Big Telescope Debut NASA Imagined

The James Webb Space Telescope, the long-awaited successor to Hubble, is mired in controversy over its namesake.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

The Cost of William Shatner’s ‘Most Profound Experience’

The actor got his oldest-in-space record for free, but most commercial astronauts will have to pay for their historic milestones.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic