For years, space industry executives bemoaned the amount of time employees waited for security clearance investigations to conclude. While there have been improvements, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed some investigations.

National security space companies are hiring. “As our space programs continue to grow, so does our need for talented employees,” Beth Pitts-Madonna, Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector vice president of human resources, said by email.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...