Science

GAO Report: COVID-19 — Federal Efforts Could Be Strengthened by Timely and Concerted Actions, September 2020

Background In the government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Congress and the administration have taken action on multiple…

September 24, 2020

Emissions Could Add 15 Inches to 2100 Sea Level Rise, NASA-led Study Finds — September 17, 2020

Below article released by NASA on September 17, 2020, and is archived here for reference. An international effort that brought…

September 18, 2020

Video: Vanguard I Satellite 60th Anniversary: A Look Back

Background Launched by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, March 17, 1958, Test Vehicle 4 (TV4), better known as Vanguard I,…

September 4, 2020

Video: Clementine 25th Anniversary Video

Background Clementine was placed in lunar orbit on February 19, 1994, completing its highly successful lunar mapping mission. Clementine left…

September 4, 2020

NASA’s $1 Million Grant To Prepare Religions for Extraterrestrial Life Discovery

Background In 2017, Senator Jeff Flake published a document that outlined 50 examples of what he felt was "wasteful spending."…

August 20, 2020

FBI Coronavirus Situational Awareness E-Mail, February 24, 2020

Background The following document was sent internally at the FBI on February 24, 2020. It was a "Situational Awareness" record…

August 13, 2020

ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter Returns First Data, Snaps Closest Pictures of the Sun

Article By Miles Hatfield NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Ra9p9WVbs The first images from ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter are now…

July 16, 2020

NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection Support

NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future…

July 10, 2020

Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Oral History Interview, Conducted September 3, 1997

Background The following interview of Dr. Edgar Mitchell was conducted in Houston, Texas, on September 3, 1997, by Sheree Scarborough…

July 10, 2020

“Excess Heat in Electric-Field Loaded Deuterated Metal”, 2006 DTRA Workshop Slides

Background The follow were slides used in the "Excess Heat in Electric-Field Loaded Deuterated Metal" presentation, held at the Defense…

June 28, 2020