Outside the Beltway

Not to mention impotence.

It’s taken more than two years to undo a silly, petty decision.

The science-education gap.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

A few stories to comment on that did not lead to full posts.

Better than nothing, but still not enough.

He boldly went where no nonagenarian had gone before.

Magical? Impressive? Or just too much money?

He’s in the minority but promises to start obstructing again if that changes.

An American hero is gone.

As Election Day draws closer, the President is doubling down on stoking racial resentment.

Ongoing ambiguity is not helpful.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

Comet 2I/Borisov originated from an unknown star system and has made its way from the cold dark of interstellar space into our neck of the woods.

SpaceX unveiled a model of the “starship” it would send to Mars but there’s still a lot of work to do.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a massive attack on an important Saudi oil facility.

We may have the first known case of a crime committed in space.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

Some mysteries on the fourth rock from the Sun.

It burns.

Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.

For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.

President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.

Earlier this week, SpaceX deployed the first 60 satellites in a network that could result in Internet access from virtually anywhere in the world.

There are better ways to use surplus Pell funds.

History’s first all-female spacewalk was thwarted by a lack of smaller suits.

The first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon appears to have been an all-around success.

A successful launch for SpaceX and NASA and a successful beginning to the return of American manned spaceflight.

Early tomorrow morning, NASA and SpaceX will be testing a crucial part of America’s return to manned space flight.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabby Giffords, is running for Senate in Arizona against Martha McSally.

China has landed a probe on the far side of the Moon, the latest step forward in an aggressive Chinese push into space.

Three and a half years after its flyby of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft has reached the furthest distant object ever visited by a man-made craft.

Fifty years ago tonight, one of the most iconic photos in history was taken.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

Another piece of humanity has left the Solar System.

(Almost) live from Mars!

A Soyuz mission sending two men to the International Space Station was forced to abort shortly after launch. Fortunately, the American and Russian on board returned safely to Earth.

The American public is not sold on the idea of a ‘Space Force.’

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

A POLITICO story pushes a plausible narrative with an example that’s almost certainly not evidence of it.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon, has died at the age of 86

Thanks to mostly what amounts to bad science reporting in the popular media, a false claim about one of nature’s most mysterious and unique creatures continues to spread.

Tammy Duckworth recently became the first sitting Senator to give birth. Thanks to a rule change, she’ll be allowed to bring her baby on the floor of the Senate if she needs to.

After a year in space, Astronaut Scott Kelly was no longer 100% genetically identical to his twin brother. However, the changes are not as significant as initial media reports made them out to be.

Yesterday’s Falcon Heavy Launch was a near-complete success and another amazing advance in the race to the stars.

President Trump announced a goal of returning American astronauts to the Moon, but that’s easier said than done.

Ending a mission that began when it was launched nearly twenty years ago, the Cassini probe was sent into Saturn’s atmosphere to perform one final task.

Donald Trump kowtows to Vladimir Putin yet again.