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Representatives of NASA and the Department of Energy met in Florida ahead of the 2020-07-30 launch of NASA’s 2020-03-01 mission.

Mentioned as: Department of EnergyOrg RelationshipOct 21, 2020NASA and Energy Department sign cooperative agreement

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators have powered missions such as NASA’s Mars 2020 mission through DOE–NASA cooperation on space nuclear power.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative GeneralSep 17, 2020NASA and Energy Department step up cooperation

NASA and DOE plan to release a request for proposals in late September or early October 2020 for the first phase of the Fission Surface Power effort.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2020NASA to seek proposals for lunar nuclear power system

NASA and the Department of Energy will seek industry proposals later in 2020 for the development of a compact nuclear power system to support long-term lunar and Martian exploration plans.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2020NASA to seek proposals for lunar nuclear power system

DOE issued a request for information for the Fission Surface Power effort in July 2020 to solicit industry ideas on developing the power system.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2020NASA to seek proposals for lunar nuclear power system

NASA and DOE have been collaborating on a space nuclear power project called Kilopower, which demonstrated a one-kilowatt reactor at the Nevada Test Site in 2018 using highly enriched uranium.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2020NASA to seek proposals for lunar nuclear power system

DOE will lead the procurement in cooperation with NASA and will issue a formal request for proposals by early October 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative PlanSep 2, 2020NASA to seek proposals for lunar nuclear power system

The Fiscal Year 2021 NDAA authorizes $25,900,000,000 for Department of Energy national security programs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative FinancialJul 23, 2020Senate passes NDAA, removes section on national security space launch

Participants in the 2020-05-04-7 conference workshop included officials from the Defense Innovation Unit, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Space Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Space Council, NASA, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, academia, and the private sector.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNoiseMay 11, 2020National security space conference to propose plan to boost industrial base

The Department of Energy has about $18,000,000,000 per year in R&D spending.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative FinancialFeb 14, 2020National Space Council expands membership

Descartes Labs was spun off from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2014 and is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative GeneralJan 22, 2020Descartes Labs unveils data refinery, modeling platform

The Department of Energy is developing technology to build an entangled quantum network connection to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Department of EnergyTechnical ProductDec 13, 2019Energy Department emphasizing roles in supporting space industry

The Department of Energy funds some astronomy research and is supporting development of an instrument for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in Chile that will be the largest digital camera built for astronomical applications.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative PlanDec 13, 2019Energy Department emphasizing roles in supporting space industry

The Department of Energy is establishing the first entangled quantum network with sites in Chicago and New York.

Mentioned as: Department of EnergyTechnical ProductDec 13, 2019Energy Department emphasizing roles in supporting space industry

The Department of Energy’s annual R&D spending is about $18,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyNarrative FinancialDec 13, 2019Energy Department emphasizing roles in supporting space industry

The president’s proposed national defense budget for 2020 totals $750 billion, including $718,000,000,000 for the Department of Defense and $32,000,000,000 for national security programs performed by the Department of Energy’s nuclear laboratories and other agencies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2019Military space gets big boost in Pentagon’s $750 billion budget plan

Of the $750,000,000,000 defense request, $718,000,000,000 is for the Department of Defense and $32,000,000,000 is for national security programs performed by the Department of Energy’s nuclear laboratories and other agencies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of EnergyOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2019Trump’s 2020 budget increases defense spending by 5 percent, funds Space Force

Section 1603 would require the secretary of defense to hire a federally funded research and development center to assess which department or departments should assume the authorities of section 2274 of Title 10.

Mentioned as: Department of EnergyTechnical ProductMay 7, 2018Defense Department turning over space traffic management to Commerce, but details still unclear
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