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Emerging Tech
Watch a Space Robot Capture a Runaway Satellite With its Net
Space debris like an errant satellite can pose a risk to other things in orbit.
Emerging Tech
A Tiny Hole in the Soyuz Spacecraft Could Be a Huge Headache for NASA
This puts more pressure on Boeing and SpaceX to fly astronauts.
Emerging Tech
How Rocket-Makers Ensure 3D Printed Parts Are Strong Enough for Space
X-rays and microscopes are involved.
Cybersecurity
The U.S. Is Worried That a Russian Satellite Is Really a Weapon
American intelligence agencies have reason to believe the satellite may be surveilling U.S. space assets.
Digital Government
Space as a Service: NASA and SpaceX Find a New Way of Putting People Into Orbit
SpaceX could be ferrying astronauts by April 2019.
Policy
How The Space Force Took Over Washington
Blame a potent mix of national security concerns, space spectacle, and pork-barrel spending.
Emerging Tech
A Toxic Fuel Leak on Boeing’s Spacecraft Will Ground U.S. Astronauts a Little Longer
Boeing believes it understands the cause of the leak.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX And Boeing Are Running Out of Time to Fly Astronauts Into Space
It's a safety issue.
Digital Government
Donald Trump Nominated a Man With No Space Experience To Be NASA’s Second-in-Command
Trump is passing over Dr. Janet Kavandi, an astronaut and respected leader of one of the space agency’s research centers.
Digital Government
NASA’s Chief Wants Former Astronaut Janet Kavandi to Help Run Things. Trump Is Looking at the Senate’s Admin Guy
The wrong person in that job could create new problems for NASA.
Emerging Tech
NASA Can’t Find Most of the Asteroids Threatening Earth, But It Has a Plan
They’re working on it.
Featured eBooks
Digital Government
The U.S. Government Wants to Start Charging for the Best Free Satellite Data on Earth
The government says the cost of sharing the data has grown as more people access it.
Digital Government
Radar Satellites Spying on Farms From Space Is a Taste of the Future Economy
Images are created by synthetic aperture radar can 'see' through clouds.
Emerging Tech
Drone Technology Is Now Dangerous Enough to Kill For
Advances in consumer electronics are making drones available to armed forces without the resources to hire billion-dollar defense contractors.
Emerging Tech
Fuzzy Space Law Is Forcing the U.S. to Update its Orbital Regulations
There soon could be an "Office of Space Commerce.”
Emerging Tech
SpaceX’s Rocket Videos Are Technically Against the Law. The U.S. Government Just Noticed.
There are regulations for videos shot from space.
Digital Government
SpaceX Takes its First Step Toward Selling Americans Internet From Space
SpaceX eventually hopes to have thousands of spacecraft beaming Internet back to Earth.
Digital Government
Donald Trump Wants to Shut Down the International Space Station and Get Ready for Private Space
Funding would be cutoff in 2025.
Emerging Tech
Did SpaceX or Northrop Grumman Screw Up a Secret Satellite Launch? It’s Classified
Anonymous sources say that the satellite has failed or fallen to earth.
Emerging Tech