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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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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The University of Texas at San Antonio has increasingly participated in research for NASA and other federal agencies in recent years, and it has reached out to Space X in hopes of creating student internships and jobs.
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Centennial-based United Launch Alliance inked a contract with Amazon to carry thousands of the online retailer’s satellites to Earth’s lower orbit for its Project Kuiper mission to increase global broadband access.
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Jeff Bezos has selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur and Arianespace’s Ariane 6 as launch providers for Amazon’s Internet satellites. Amazon will launch more than 3,000 satellites.
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U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, representing Texas' 15th Congressional District, thinks everyone should relax, and not assume the FAA's delays indicate impending bad news that SpaceX will move to Florida.
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SpaceX needs FAA approval after an environmental review of its Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket program at the commercial space company’s Starbase compound in Boca Chica, Texas, near Brownsville.
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Colorado Springs is the provisional home of U.S. Space Command — which oversees all military missions in orbit — until at least 2026, and the lawmakers who represent the state hope to keep it there.
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The University Consortium Research Opportunity partnership will increase collaboration between the U.S. Space Force, Air Force and universities for research into various aspects of space, physics and related technology.
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Advanced students at Hazelwood Middle School in Indiana worked with a former astronaut and the nonprofit Higher Orbits to design experiments, one of which was chosen to be launched to the International Space Station.
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A new YouTube video from AFRL illustrates the lab’s vision for its planned “Cislunar Highway Patrol System” (also known as “CHPS”) — a satellite that will fly more than 270,000 miles from Earth.
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High-speed Internet remains a rare commodity for students in many rural and tribal areas of the U.S., but with government subsidies or other cost-cutting measures, satellites might help bridge this "homework gap."
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Researchers from the Colorado School of Mines, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Auburn University will develop construction technology and electronics for long-term colonies on the moon.
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The Connecticut-based robotic telescope company has announced a more classroom-friendly version of its online tool for students, expanding access to its network of telescopes for hands-on astronomy lessons.
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An advanced weather satellite completed the first 1,800 feet of its journey Monday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but is primed for another 22,000 miles after a planned liftoff this afternoon.
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Researchers at the university will launch a rocket loaded with instruments from NASA, Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire, University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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The Federal Aviation Administration said it was pushing the target date to complete its environmental review of SpaceX’s plans to March, after the agency was aiming to finish the review by the end of December.
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The SpaceX founder gave an update on Starship development from the company's Texas site, saying the historic location of the first orbital test launch of a Starship-Super Heavy vehicle depends on a federal ruling.
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In partnership with the NASA HUNCH program, seniors at the Lebanon County Career and Technology Center are drawing and 3D modeling parts for handrails that will be used to help astronauts stay stationary in zero gravity.
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Elon Musk said he anticipates that, with Federal Aviation Administration approval, the SpaceX Starship will reach orbit by the end of the year from Texas. It would be the most powerful rocket to ever do so.
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