ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories recently completed a three-year internally funded project to develop and demonstrate key “nanosatellite” technologies tailored specifically to national security space missions.

WASHINGTON NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe wants to initiate much closer cooperation between his agency and the Pentagon, with a possible resumption of classified space shuttle flights on military missions and perhaps a new White House space policy that orders joint NASA/Pentagon efforts across the board.

WASHINGTON Somalia will be attacked by U.S. forces, probably within a month, if that country’s leaders don’t move to expel Al Qaeda, say Air Force officials. Heavy B-1 and B-52 bombers and long-range F-15 attack aircraft will be used to pound headquarters, troop concentrations, command and control cells, communications centers and weapons storage sites “of which there are a lot,” a senior service official said.

COLORADO SPRINGS A new laser that creates an artificial guide star over Hawaii will greatly increase the ability of a large telescope at the W.M. Keck Observatory to compensate for atmospheric turbulence and resolve fine details of deep-space objects.