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The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity returns to earth after the mothership separated at Spaceport America, near Truth and Consequences, New Mexico on July 11, 2021. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Virgin Galactic and others become operational with FAA’s space-age air traffic tool

The tool has run into challenges, as documents obtained by FedScoop helped elucidate last year.

Jun 26, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

Satellite dish sky sunset communication technology network — The growth of satellites and cloud-enabled ground stations is unleashing a new era of space industrialization.

How Azure Orbital and the cloud are expanding our worldview

A new report highlights how the convergence of space and cloud technologies contributes to a ‘supernova’ of new space-based Earth-observation capabilities — and benefits for federal and…

Feb 6, 2024 By FedScoop Staff

Sen. Chuck Schumer — Sen. Charles Schumer (Senate Democrats / Flickr)

Sen. Schumer to host Musk, Zuckerberg and other tech CEOs for closed-door AI forum

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will host tech leaders including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Aug 30, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

A Skydio 2 drone in flight. (Image credit: Skydio)

USAID delivers drones to Ukraine to help document war crimes

The nine autonomous drones were a donation from U.S. manufacturer Skydio and will be used by Ukraine’s prosecutor general.

Jul 27, 2023 By Madison Alder

A solar spot in the centre of the Sun is captured from which the first X-class flare was emitted in four years on February 14, 2011.(Image by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory via Getty Images)

Geomagnetic storm expected to pass with minimal impact on agencies’ satellites, comms

The Space Weather Prediction Center expected moderate conditions at worst from the storm as of 10:11 a.m. EST.

Aug 18, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on NASA’s fiscal year 2022 budget request at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

NASA won’t rush Mars mission over U.S. ‘space race’ with China

“The Chinese space program is also a military space program,” said Administrator Bill Nelson on Wednesday.

Jul 21, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

NASA embracing automation in move to zero-trust security architecture

The move to enterprisewide telework has the agency embracing commercial support for its threat analysts.

Aug 21, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

NASA: We’re going to Mars

The journey to the red planet is on the horizon, and unlike previous space odysseys, “we will be going to stay”

Nov 6, 2015

As commercial space travel approaches, FAA issues recommendations

Sep 24, 2014

Commercial space transport gets closer to reality

Commercial and personal space travel has progressively been gaining traction since the end of NASA’s space shuttle program in 2011. And now NASA’s commercial crew program is one…

Jun 3, 2014