WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has advanced three companies — CACI, General Atomics and Viasat — to the next phase of a $100 million program aimed at developing laser-based space communication terminals, narrowing the field…
Category: 2. Space
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JWST Helps Decipher Mysterious Nature of Hot Alien World : ScienceAlert
The idea that our Solar System is representative of other solar systems hasn’t survived the age of exoplanet discovery.
Kepler and TESS have shown us that our system doesn’t even contain the most common type of planet: sub-Neptunes. These…
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Military satellite program highlights role of ‘mission integrators’
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is ramping up efforts to bring commercial technology into military systems, betting that private-sector speed and innovation can help modernize U.S. defense programs, especially in space.
This push could…
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What Do We Do With All Those Gateway Pieces?
Keith’s note: Now that NASA has been told to cancel Gateway what happens to all its pieces? Social media is full of speculation: Halo as a Mars lifeboat; PPE as part of a lunar or Mars relay; building some portion of Gateway and sending it to…
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NASA Earns Two Emmy Nominations for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Coverage
NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recognizing NASA’s…
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