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. -
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 Pentagon will soon choose a permanent home for the U.S. Space Command, and no location offers more opportunity or a richer history than Port San Antonio, a selection that would also greatly boost Texas business.
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Answer: $103 million.
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Albuquerque is on the short list of cities that the U.S. Air Force is considering to permanently locate the new U.S. Space Command, pitting the city against five other competitors, city and state officials announced.
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Ohio State Representative Jason Stephens (R- Kitts Hill) on Wednesday announced that he will be supporting a new resolution to locate the United States Space Command Headquarters to that state.
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A new company is now headed to Spaceport America in southern New Mexico in order to test recently developed turbulence-detection technology on unmanned glide flights through the stratosphere.
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As companies like SpaceX and Amazon launch more satellites, space will become incredibly crowded. Autonomous technology will be key to managing all the new traffic off Earth's surface — and more.
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SpaceX, having already established a formidable reputation in rocket launches, is starting to roll out what it hopes will be an even more muscular arm of its business: broadband Internet service.
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The school district in Ector County, Texas, recently became the first school district in the nation to partner with SpaceX to provide broadband service to families with poor or no Internet access.
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Thanks to partnerships with the Washington Emergency Management Division and State Department of Commerce, SpaceX Starlink satellites have connected both a fire-stricken town and a tribal reservation to high-speed Internet.
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The United States military could soon hitch rides on commercially operated low-Earth orbit satellites that have the potential to significantly improve land, sea and air-based encrypted communications.
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said Wednesday that the city has survived the initial cut as the Air Force seeks a headquarters for the command, which is currently located in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Two astronauts plummeted into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, marking a milestone in NASA’s years-long effort to have commercial companies, rather than government, ferry astronauts from the International Space Station.
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Virgin Galactic’s mother ship VMS Eve soared across the southern New Mexico desert above Spaceport America last week, conducting test maneuvers in preparation for commercial space flights the company plans to launch.
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