NASA news from FierceGovernmentIT

As small satellites that weigh less than 400 pounds proliferate, NASA says it sees potential and challenges in operating them together as a coordinated constellation. To that end, NASA says it's Read more...

On Jan. 4, NASA added to its growing collection of open.nasa.gov websites with the launch of code.nasa.gov. The site aims to be a "community hub" by providing access to current NASA open source Read more...

The recent launch of code.nasa.gov is providing better access to NASA sourced and funded projects, but William Eshagh of the NASA open government team says some forthcoming open-source licensing Read more...

NASA is expanding its open government efforts with the addition of yet another site to the open.nasa.gov family of websites. Code.nasa.gov launched in "early alpha" Jan. 4 with a focus on providing Read more...

Coronal mass ejections--enormous magnetized clouds of electrified gas emitted from the sun--have been known to disrupt the electric grid as they hit the Earth's protective magnetic field, and because Read more...

After extending cost and schedule milestones for the beleaguered James Webb Space Telescope in January 2011, the program is back on track and will launch by its revised target date in 2018, said Read more...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 essentially doubled science appropriations for fiscal 2011, but departments have had mixed results in managing the approximately $40 billion Read more...

Inactive accounts for an online Nuclear Regulatory Commission system used for developing probabilistic risk assessments of nuclear plants outnumber active accounts, says a report from the NRC office Read more...

A multi-agency funding bill signed into law Nov. 18 by President Obama will make cuts to science and research programs relative to the budget request made earlier this year, but only a few agencies Read more...

Malicious actors of unknown origin seized control of a NASA earth-observation satellite twice in 2008, says a an annual report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The report, Read more...