Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Legislation that could prevent another partial U.S. government shutdown emerged late Wednesday for action by both houses of Congress and the White House. NASA Stennis restarts RS-25 testing. NASA ends record Opportunity rover mission at...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Efforts continue between the White House and Congress to avert a second partial U.S. government shutdown on Friday that would affect a range of civilian agencies, including NASA. NASA to address efforts to regain communications with the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) underscores the need for safety as the agency’s Commercial Crew Program prepares for test flights of the new Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. Congress...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s 13th administrator calls on American companies. NASA seeking proposals for lunar lander system. Russia looks to develop new rockets for exploration. Slingshot joins the small satellite launch provider community. New images reveal...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Vice President Pence pays tribute to NASA’s Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia astronaut on annual Day of Remembrance. Two commercial astronauts receive their astronaut wings. Human Space ExplorationOp-ed | Remembering America’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Commercial Crew Program test flights of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner have been slowed by a record partial U.S. government shutdown. Global temperatures continue to rise, according to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… At Mars, NASA’s InSight lander deploys and shields a mission critical seismometer for first ever measures of the planet’s subsurface activities. Private sector investments in the space sector continue to rise. Human Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA looks to resume human launches to the International Space Station (ISS) with commercial partners, while it develops new capabilities for deep space exploration. New efforts to restore communications with the 14-year-old Opportunity...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Northrop Grumman completes production of NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket motor segments. NASA’s Curiosity rover addresses a mystery over the formation of a towering Mount Sharp on Mars. China’s STEM...Space Talk
This tiny box may make a future global quantum internet possible — but first, it's heading to space in 2027 for a year-long experiment.
Read about our Q4S quantum networking satellite system, which recently completed ground testing: https://www.boeing.com/features/2026/06/boeing-takes-a-major-step-toward-the-quantum-internet
I wrote about the rise of optical communications through the lens of a company called Observable Space, which was co-founded by SpaceX's former VP of Software.
This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it
I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."
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Dengue, which is spread by mosquitoes, is a serious health threat in Puerto Rico and a growing concern in parts of the U.S. 🦟
Scientists are using @NASA data to track the environmental conditions linked to dengue and improve forecasts of dengue risk in Puerto Rico.
There’s only one planet we know of with life - our own. Getting to study objects that formed in a different system than our own is a rare opportunity for learning how common, or uncommon, the conditions are for the evolution of life elsewhere in the universe.