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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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. -
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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Thousands of students filed into Wolff Municipal Stadium Monday morning to observe the long-awaited solar eclipse as part of a watch party hosted by the Witte Museum and DoSeum.
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Science teachers in several Madison County, Ind., area districts have used resources from NASA, supplemental lesson plans, games and other methods to help their students appreciate and learn from the eclipse.
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Mars Sample Return is an ambitious yet imperiled NASA mission whose rapidly ballooning budget has cost jobs at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and drawn threats of cancellation from lawmakers.
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A pollution-tracking satellite launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday, promising a new level of accountability for companies and governments thought to be underreporting their emissions.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners will decide whether to turn over 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park in exchange for 477 acres near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, about 10 miles away.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the investigation into a second SpaceX flight that resulted in explosions of both the booster and upper stages back in November.
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At 6:23 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, Intuitive Machines Inc. landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon, becoming the first private firm to place a vehicle intact on the lunar surface.
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After a one-day delay, SpaceX managed a pristine launch early Thursday for Intuitive Machines, aiming to be the first commercial company to successfully make a soft landing on the moon.
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While NASA is rooting for SpaceX to achieve Starship success so it can land humans on the moon, the U.S. military has plans for the massive rocket that could include launches from Florida’s Space Coast.
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A coalition of environmental and Native American groups won an appeal in a 2021 lawsuit against state and county officials over SpaceX's recurring closures of Boca Chica beach for Starship testing and launches.
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A state-led swap that would give SpaceX state park land near its Boca Chica Starship facilities — a plan that sparked widespread opposition — was pulled from a meeting scheduled for Thursday.
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A SpaceX vehicle recently carved its way through the cloudy skies on Florida’s Space Coast, sending up a four-person crew on a private mission to the International Space Station.
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Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lunar lander has continued to remain alive in its new role as a spacecraft despite continued warnings that the vehicle would lose power.
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Commercial astronaut trips from Florida’s Space Coast are becoming more commonplace, with Axiom Space about to send up another crew from Kennedy Space Center this week.
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NASA officials cited safety as a top priority and highlighted several concerns that need to be addressed before a launch — including challenges with the heat shield, the life support system and the abort system.
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The remains or DNA of “Star Trek” stars, presidents, scientists and many others will be among the payload aboard the rocket that will also carry the first NASA lunar lander launched from the U.S. since 1972.
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Built through a joint venture of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., the new vehicle is poised to take on SpaceX and ferry satellites and cargo for the likes of the Pentagon, NASA and even Amazon.com Inc.
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The final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank will begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ambitious museum exhibit in Los Angeles.
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