Background The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to prepare against ever evolving threats against the American homeland, most recently highlighting efforts to combat an Electromagnetic Pulse attack which could disrupt the electrical grid and potentially damage electronics. Today, the department is releasing the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Program Status Report as part of an update on efforts underway in support of Executive Order (E.O.) 13865 on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses. E.O. 13865 establishes resilience and security standards for U.S. critical infrastructure as a national priority. EMP weapons have the potential to disrupt unprotected critical infrastructure within the…
Author: John Greenewald
Background Launched by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, March 17, 1958, Test Vehicle 4 (TV4), better known as Vanguard I, was the second satellite launched by the U.S., the first successful satellite of the Vanguard series, and the first satellite to use solar cell power. It is the oldest satellite still orbiting the Earth. Video Archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJQYd_Tt8Os
Background Clementine was placed in lunar orbit on February 19, 1994, completing its highly successful lunar mapping mission. Clementine left orbit in early May 1994, but not before amassing a collection of 1.8 million lunar images. Clementine offered many benefits to the U.S. space program. Along with its primary military mission to qualify lightweight technology, it returned valuable lunar data for the international civilian scientific community that exceeded mission science objectives. Clementine showed the capability of the national laboratories, working in conjunction with DoD, NASA, industry, and international space organizations, to integrate, execute, and operate meaningful space missions at low…
Background Researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory discuss their ongoing space research and development efforts. Topics include the development of GPS technology, space mission support capability, the study of space plasmas, free space optics, space weather research, research on sungrazing comets, and NRL’s Blossom Point tracking facility. Video Archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8miyZIIMy1Q
Background In 1973, Ingo Swann and Harold Sherman conducted an experiment while working with Dr. Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ. They aimed to conduct a psychic probe of the Planet Jupiter. The following document is the result of that experiment, along with a transcription of a conversation between Dr. Puthoff, Swann and Sherman. The document is part of the “Stargate Collection” and archived by the CIA. Document Archive An Experimental Psychic Probe of the Planet Jupiter, 1973 [13 Pages, 0.8MB]