Space

US Navy Will Upgrade Warships to Add Unnamed Space Capabilities

“Everything is classified” when it comes to space, one admiral complained.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney

Number of Objects in Low Earth Orbit Jumps 22% in 2 Years: Space Operations Command

Need to track, detect objects driving need for new space domain awareness investment.

  • Tara Copp

Air Force’s Kendall Creates Space Acquisition Office, Accelerates Absorption of Space Development Agency

And the new service secretary is asking Congress to allow him to move faster yet.

  • Marcus Weisgerber

Spacesuits and Lawsuits Put 2024 Moon Landing in Jeopardy

Two lunar-exploration spacesuits won’t be ready, a new report says, while bid protests have held up work on the lander.

  • Tara Copp

The Day the Space Station Lurched

A recent arrival at the International Space Station created a little too much excitement.

  • Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Rocket Startup Could Get Huge Boost from Lockheed Martin Buying Aerojet Rocketdyne

Ursa Major is developing a family of rocket engines for commercial and defense customers.

  • Marcus Weisgerber

US intelligence report on UFOs: No aliens, but government transparency and desire for better data might bring science to the UFO world

In 2020, Congress ordered a report on UFOs. The nine-page report doesn't say what the 144 sightings from 2004 to 2021 are, but does say that the government wants to learn more.

  • Chris Impey, The Conversation

Will the Government UFO Report Show We’re not Alone?

An astronomy expert breaks down what he expects from the government UFO report and whether humans are alone in the universe."

Move Over, Mars

After decades away, NASA is sending not one, but two missions to Venus.

  • Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Space Force to Absorb USAF Command to Run Launches, Research

The Space and Missile Systems Center will become Space Systems Command.

  • Patrick Tucker

GovExec Daily: What Does the Pentagon Know About UFOs?

Nextgov's Brandi Vincent joins the podcast to discuss her podcast investigation into the Defense Department's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

There’s Nothing Historic About Biden’s NASA Pick

After 62 years, the space agency will have to wait a little longer for its first female leader.

  • Marina Koren, The Atlantic

The Simple Task That Mars Made Impossible

NASA spent nearly two years trying to wrangle a probe designed to burrow into the planet’s soil.

  • Marina Koren, The Atlantic
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Air Force Recommends Space Command Move to Alabama

With one week left on the job, Secretary Barrett picked Huntsville. The decision, however, is not final.

  • Patrick Tucker and Marcus Weisgerber

US Space Force Becomes 18th Member of U.S. Intelligence Community

Growing threats to U.S. space assets require more intelligence collaboration, senior official says.

  • Patrick Tucker

Boots on The Moon Are Going to Have to Wait, Space Force General Says

NASA’s astronaut program is the quickest way to space for military personnel. 

  • Marcus Weisgerber

GovExec Daily: NASA's New Space Toilet Project

Nextgov's Brandi Vincent joins the podcast to discuss the Universal Waste Management System.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

The Future of Space is Female

NASA is sending a woman to the moon and putting women among its highest ranks, part of a concerted push toward inclusivity in an industry long dominated by men.

  • Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th

GovExec Daily: How Do You Avoid Collisions in Space?

Former Administrator of NASA Sean O'Keefe joins the podcast to discuss traffic management in low Earth orbit.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Managing Space Traffic in an Increasingly Congested Orbit

Report looks at how the federal government can best meet its responsibility for improving space situational awareness and coordinating space traffic management activities. 

  • Sean O'Keefe, Jane Fountain, Michael Dominguez, Martin Faga and Patrick Kennedy

NASA's Big Move to Search for Life on Mars – and to Bring Rocks Home

This summer, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is taking the next giant leap in our search for signs of life beyond Earth.

  • Briony Horgan and Melissa Rice, The Conversation