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A Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Air Force’s National Security Space Launch program is among the activities that are on deck to be transferred into a new Space Force service branch.
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  • FY20 Spending Deal at Finish Line
  • Space Force Set for Launch
  • JASON Argues Against Restricting Basic Research
WEEK OF DEC 16, 2019
The fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union is taking place this week in San Francisco.
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  • Geoscientists Gather for AGU Centenary
  • JASON Report on Research Security Rolls Out
  • AMO Science Decadal Arrives
WEEK OF DEC 09, 2019
Construction at the Capitol
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  • Congressional S&T Advice Options up for Debate
  • Global Climate Conference Kicks Off
  • Journals Reunite to Rally Against EPA Science Rule
WEEK OF DEC 02, 2019
White House at Thanksgiving
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  • Budget Deadline Pushed to Dec. 20
  • PCAST Sets Course
  • Meteorologists Worried About Global 5G Spectrum Deal
WEEK OF NOV 25, 2019
Fermilab
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  • Particle Physics Report Up for Review
  • Congresssional S&T Advice Roadmap Released
  • House Looking at DOE Climate Role
WEEK OF NOV 18, 2019
An artistic conception of the proposed Mars Sample Return mission, which NASA is considering for launch in the mid-2020s.
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  • NASA Policy Update Moving in Senate
  • Schumer Floats $100 Billion R&D Proposal
  • EPA Science Rule Under Scrutiny
WEEK OF NOV 11, 2019
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier addressing a meeting of federal agency staff on Oct. 31.
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  • OSTP Holding Summit on the 'Research Environment'
  • White House Weighs in on Senate Science Proposals
  • AAAS Picks New CEO
WEEK OF NOV 04, 2019
How 5G works
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  • Telecom Summit to Address Weather Data Interference
  • Funding Stopgap Could Extend to Spring
  • NASA Greenlights Lunar Rover
WEEK OF OCT 28, 2019
Aurora borealis over Canada, captured by crew on the International Space Station in 2017.
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  • Space Weather Back in the Spotlight
  • Major Study Launching on US Science Leadership
  • New Energy Secretary Picked
WEEK OF OCT 21, 2019
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaking at a briefing on NASA’s accelerated lunar landing program for the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. Bridenstine often says the program will send “the first woman and the next man” to the Moon.
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  • Lunar Landing Plans in Hot Seat
  • NSF Creating AI Institutes
  • Trump Disavows Talk of Curbing Chinese Students Visas
WEEK OF OCT 14, 2019
This week, the Kyoto International Conference Center is hosting the annual Science and Technology in Society forum, which gathers leading science officials from around the globe in Japan.
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  • Global Research Leaders Convene in Japan
  • Lawmakers Urged to Shore Up Scientific Integrity Policies
  • STEM Bills Gain Steam
WEEK OF OCT 07, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signs a stopgap measure on Sept. 27 to extend funding for federal agencies through Nov. 21. President Trump signed it into law later that day. 
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  • Fiscal Year Starts With Stopgap Funding
  • More Science Spending Bills Arrive in Senate
  • Advisory Committee Cull Due
WEEK OF SEP 30, 2019