Space
Coverage of advances in space exploration that have implications for state and local government. Includes stories about satellites, which are increasingly used to expand the availability of Internet access, as well as to capture images and gather data using sensors to monitor things like environmental conditions and infrastructure needs.
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A nonprofit coalition Earth Fire Alliance partnered with Muon Space and Google to launch FireSat, which will scan Earth's most fire-prone regions every 20 minutes, enabling faster detection, monitoring and characterization. -
Satellite collisions in orbit could trigger a catastrophic global chain reaction, potentially halting space exploration, destroying GPS and raising risks for aerospace sectors that support jobs.
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Amazon is negotiating a purchase of Globalstar for up to $9 billion as it seeks to build a satellite business that will rival Starlink, a network of 10,000 satellites owned by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX.
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A Boeing-built rocket is set to propel four astronauts to orbit the moon, marking the first time humans have left Earth orbit since the Apollo missions more than 50 years ago.
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Plus, the world's fastest business jet takes off, Merriam-Webster's tech-centric word of 2025, and the cost savings of charging an electric vehicle from your home.
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A private research university in Houston will get $14.2 million from the state for the Center for Space Technologies, and $8.1 million from the federal government for the Center for Advanced Space Sensing Technologies.
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The Kennedy Space Center hosts and manages NASA missions, along with an escalating flow of commercial space traffic from companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.
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With funding from the state and The Delta Air Lines Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology will revamp its aerospace engineering facility to include advanced labs and research spaces for emerging technologies.
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Senate Commerce Committee members reached agreement on a bill that would speed satellite licensing by the FCC, advancing by voice vote legislation with additional checks to address concerns.
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A new center at the University of Texas at Arlington will focus on space simulation, space instrumentation, astrophysics, data science, aerospace engineering and physics education.
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A partnership with a nonprofit STEM organization gives students at the University of North Dakota a chance for scholarships, lifelong membership in the foundation and mentorship by ASF members and astronauts.
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Five students at Dow High School in Midland, Mich., have co-authored research about agriculture in space that will soon appear in a major scientific journal.
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The federal government’s large annual defense act steps into staffing issues within the Space Force, requiring roughly equal staffing between operational and acquisition positions.
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In collaboration with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, Sonoma State University students built and launched a satellite to monitor how solar wind interacts with the upper atmosphere.
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The city, home to the Texas Cyber Command at the University of Texas, will host the first-ever Texas Space Summit in September 2026. The general topic? The booming commercial space business.
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Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA has recently managed to complete a major milestone as part of the organization’s effort to send astronauts back to the moon.
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SpaceX launched its 11th test flight of the powerful Starship and Super Heavy rocket from its Texas site Starbase on Monday as it moved ahead in its goals to achieve an operational rocket.
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President Trump's policy in his second term has blazed a new American trail in space — and spawned an urgent race with China that is fast approaching the finish line.
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Huntsville may play a pivotal role in the transition to commercial space stations once the aging International Space Station is decommissioned in 2030 due to cost concerns, according to some industry experts.
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It won’t have a crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit.
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The Pentagon has launched its first experimental navigation satellite in nearly five decades, aiming to test out a new technology that could shape future military GPS programs.
