Science

Operation Morning Light

Background Kosmos 954 (Russian: Космос 954) was a reconnaissance satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1977. A malfunction prevented…

May 8, 2017

The Department of Agriculture and The Department of Health and Human Services Report to Congress on Thefts, Losses, or Releases of Select Agents or Toxins

Background The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (P.L. 107-188) requires the Secretaries of Health and Human…

April 13, 2017

Decommissioning plans for the International Space Station (ISS)

Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its…

April 8, 2017

Rising to the Urgent Challenge Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change, September 2010

Background As a Service and Department we must act decisively, recognizing that climate change threatens to exacerbate other existing pressures…

March 9, 2017

The Department of Energy / Office of Scientific and Technical Information “Cold Fusion” Collection

The Department of Energy / Office of Scientific and Technical Information "Cold Fusion" Collection In 2015, the OSTI received a collection…

January 12, 2017

Project Orion – Nuclear Propulsion Concept

Background Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of…

December 22, 2016

Possible Determination of an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence at Three Mile Island Unit 2, April 2, 1979

Background The following documents is a COMMISSIONER ACTION memo, labeled SECY-79-235 from Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,…

November 22, 2016

Atmospheric Effects of Chemical Rocket Propulsion, October 1991

Background The AIAA convened a workshop to identify and quantify the key environmental issues that relate to the effects on the atmosphere…

October 12, 2016

Space – A Collection of Soviet Papers from the Early 1960s

Background Space - A Collection of Articles [109 Pages, 12.1MB] The following foreign intelligence papers were received from the Defense…

September 28, 2016

DEA Intelligence Brief: Green Acres is the Place to Be – Drug Traffickers and “Ganjapreneurs” Are Exploiting Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Industry, April 24, 2012

Executive Summary Drug traffickers and out-of-state opportunists are exploiting Colorado's medical marijuana laws. Recent revisions to state law have done little to prevent…

September 1, 2016