Digital Government
Space Development Agency Satellite Network Gets Name Change
Its mission will not change, however.
Ideas
Team Grabs Radio Signal from Most Distant Galaxy Yet
It's the equivalent of a look back nearly 9 billion years.
Emerging Tech
NASA, USGS Seek Info for Landsat Next Ground Station
The ground station will house mission control, the ground network and other capabilities to support Landsat Next.
Ideas
NASA’s Busiest Year in Decades – An Astronomer Sums up the Dizzying Array of Missions in 2022
2022 was a giant step for NASA.
Policy
NASA Needs Better International Cooperation Framework for Artemis Missions, IG Says
The watchdog made 10 recommendations to the agency to improve international collaboration and help reduce costs.
Digital Government
UFO Sightings By US Troops Surge
Intelligence officials cite recent efforts to reduce the stigma of reporting odd aerial phenomena. Many cases remain unexplained.
Policy
FCC Votes to Approve New Space Bureau
The new bureau comes from a reorganization of the International Bureau and will help the agency regulate satellites and other related efforts.
Emerging Tech
‘Very Realistic’ That Humans Will be on Mars in 20 Years, NASA Official Says
Under the Artemis program, the agency will use lunar missions to prepare for further exploration to Mars.
Digital Government
Data from NASA’s Space-Based Tech Used to Spot CO2 Emission Sources
Observations from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 and 3 missions were used to pinpoint carbon dioxide emissions from one coal power plant.
Ideas
Webb Telescope Reveals Super Early Milky Way-Like Galaxies
COMMENTARY | New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age.
Digital Government
‘We Have Nothing’ Showing UFOs Are of Alien Origin, Defense Official Says
So far, data has not shown unidentified anomalous phenomena to be from an alien source, according to defense officials.
Ideas
Probe Could Find Whether Saturn's Moon Hosts Life
Recent discoveries indicate the moon's surface has massive saltwater oceans.
Policy
How Government is Dealing With Flying Space Junk
Space junk, or orbital debris, has become a topic of increasing interest among several agencies and Congress.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Out of This World Tech Advancements in 2022
This year the agency tackled big and small ways to innovate on the moon and beyond.
Digital Government
2022 Year in Review: Critical Update
Nextgov’s favorite episodes from the final year of the Critical Update podcast.
Emerging Tech
NASA Looks to Re-Boost Satellite Orbits with Hubble Serving as a Model
Moving Hubble into a higher orbit will serve as an example of what the agency is looking to do for satellites in the future.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Highlight Cyber, New Tech and Space in Proposed Spending Bill
The $1.7 trillion omnibus introduced by lawmakers on Tuesday would spur on investments in cutting-edge technologies, cyber defense and space during the 2023 fiscal year.
Policy
State Department Seeks Private Sector Collab on Space Infrastructure and Markets
The U.S. government is continuing its regulatory efforts of outer space’s emerging usages.
Emerging Tech
House Lawmakers Introduce Legislation on Space Situational Awareness
The bill will fund Commerce Department capabilities and NASA research and development on space situational awareness, which can help identify and locate satellites or orbital debris in current and future locations.
Ideas
China’s New Space Station Opens for Business in an Increasingly Competitive Era of Space Activity
The space station is built and run entirely by China.
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