NASA
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You may not wake up thinking about Cislunar-space situational awareness, but people at the Air Force Research Laboratories. In fact, AFRL has had two programs for such awareness. Two programs they have brought together. The resulting program is called the Oracle family of systems.
January 25, 2024 -
After gathering feedback from agency leaders, the Office of Personnel Management has found common limitations that are leading to challenges with long-term workforce planning.
January 17, 2024 -
Reps. Roger Williams (R-Texas) and Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), chairman and a member of the Small Business Committee, wrote to NASA seeking a briefing on its decision to use a specific NAICS code for its SEWP VI GWAC.
January 12, 2024 -
Farming these days is a downright scientific enterprise. Precise measurement of soil, water, air, and seed conditions all figure in. The work never stops for scientists at the Agricultural Research Service.
January 12, 2024 -
This is one of the 10 interviews being broadcast this month, by the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, with recent recipients of the Presidential Rank Award. Dr. Lori Glaze is a career NASA researcher, who has focused on the nearby planets and their geologic behavior.
January 04, 2024 -
How come the accomplishments of the Presidential Rank Award winners aren't shouted from the rooftops?
December 21, 2023 -
The closer NASA gets to returning to the moon, the farther away the moon seems to move. Contractors on the Artemis 3 project are having trouble with some basic items, like the spacesuits astronauts would need and the lunar lander itself. The Government Accountability Office has found that NASA may be too ambitious in its schedule for the initial launch.
December 13, 2023 -
In 38 years at NASA, today's Federal Drive guest has done lots of things. As an astronaut, he flew three space missions, commanding two of them. He oversaw retirement of the Space Shuttle. He rose to associate administration, the number three ranking person at NASA.
December 08, 2023 -
Chief Data Officer David Salvagnini says NASA's Artemis mission depends on its wealth of scientific data — including data from the Apollo missions more than a half-century ago.
December 01, 2023 -
NASA is taking a page from big time TV streaming services as it revamps its multimedia offerings. This month, the agency relaunched its longstanding NASA TV service, which is now called "NASA plus." There is a new mobile app to go with it.
November 29, 2023 -
As if pandemic, threats of nuclear war, and a lack of Tesla charging stations aren't enough to worry about, there is always the possibility that an asteroid could hit the earth and wipe-out all of us. A team at NASA discovered a way to alter the path of an asteroid, should one come too close and they garnered the distinction of being finalists in this year's Service to America Medals program, also known as the Sammies. For the details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with two members of NASA's Planetary Missions Program Office: Program Manager Brian Key and Mission Manager Scott Bellamy.
November 16, 2023 -
Jennifer Wendell, the Department of Health and Human Services deputy CIO, will serve as acting CIO until a permanent one is hired.
November 14, 2023 -
The senior leaders in government across 31 agencies will take home Presidential Rank Awards in recognition of their contributions to public service.
November 02, 2023 -
The Oversight hearing comes after months of pressure from committee leaders for agencies to share more granular data on federal telework and productivity of employees.
September 15, 2023 -
With thousands of suppliers supporting operations globally, the space agency knew it needed to harmonize supply chain risk management across its 11 mission centers. Kanitra Tyler, who leads this work, gives us a peek behind the SCRM curtain at NASA.
September 15, 2023