Science

NASA’s DART Prepares for Launch in First Planetary Defense Test Mission

Team members of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) have filled the spacecraft with fuel, have performed many of the…

November 4, 2021

NASA’s “Fragology Files” – Space Object Recovery and Analysis Records

(This page was originally published Jul 27, 2021. The date above is the last revision date.) Background Back in late…

October 13, 2021

Manned Venus Flyby (Proposal), February 1, 1967

"Manned Venus Flyby" is a technical report conducted by NASA in 1967, which explores the concept of a manned mission…

September 29, 2021

NASA Begins Air Taxi Flight Testing with Joby

(The following is NASA press release 21-111. It is archived here for reference.) NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby…

September 1, 2021

Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings — Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021

In July of 2021, the CDC reversed their guidance for indoor mask wearing, regardless of vaccination status. This caused controversy,…

August 2, 2021

Final Report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, March 2021

https://youtu.be/ngdGDacRQKM The mandate of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is to make recommendations to the President and…

July 14, 2021

Wildlife Trafficking Symposium, June 2016

Background Faced with a rise in wildlife crimes around the world, the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, co-chaired by…

June 21, 2021

Evaluation of Access to Department of Defense Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic (DODIG-2021-065)

Background Objective The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which DoD Components provided access to DoD…

May 5, 2021

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsPw2t8MFA https://youtu.be/KevTGEHxKd4 The below is NASA's Press Release 21-039. It is archived here for reference: Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter…

April 19, 2021