Dear NASA news subscriber,   Thank you for signing up to receive NASA’s news releases and media advisories. We wanted to let you know about an upcoming change to the NASA news email delivery system.   Starting Thursday, Jan. 16, subscribers will receive NASA news emails through the Constant Contact platform from hq-news@mail.nasa.gov. While you may notice a slight change in email format, no other action is needed to continue receiving this information. However, if you believe you are no longer receiving NASA ...Continue Reading

Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight *Jan 15, 2025* *RELEASE 25-006* Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 15, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The Blue Ghost lander will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the lunar surface to further ...Continue Reading

NASA Deputy Administrator to Receive 2025 National Space Award NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation has selected NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, a retired United States Air Force colonel and former NASA astronaut, to receive the 2025 National Space Trophy on April 25 in Houston. “This honor is not ...Continue Reading

Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top Civilian Award *Jan 13, 2025* *RELEASE 25-005* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, present Bob Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, recognizing his exceptional achievements and public service to the nation, Jan. 10, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headqu ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to Launch of Cosmic Origins, Solar Wind Missions *Jan 13, 2025* *MEDIA ADVISORY M25-007* NASA’s SPHEREx observatory will use a technique called spectroscopy across the entire sky, capturing the universe in more than 100 colors. Credit: BAE Systems Media accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies *Jan 10, 2025* *RELEASE 25-003* A collage of artist concepts highlighting the novel approaches proposed by the 2025 NIAC awardees for possible future missions. Credit: NASA/Left to Right: Saurabh Vilekar, Marco Quadrelli, Selim Shahriar, Gyula Greschik, Martin Bermudez, Ryan Weed, Ben Hockman, Robert Hinshaw, Christine Gregg, Ryan Benson, Michael Hecht NASA selected 15 visionary ideas for its NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program which develops concep ...Continue Reading

Jan. 10, 2025* **MEDIA ADVISORY: M25-008 NASA Sets Coverage for Firefly First Commercial Robotic Moon Launch* As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side. Credit: Firefly Aerospace* * Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly Aerosp ...Continue Reading

Temperatures Rising: NASA Confirms 2024 Warmest Year on Record This map of Earth in 2024 shows global surface temperature anomalies, or how much warmer or cooler each region of the planet was compared to the average from 1951 to 1980. Normal temperatures are shown in white, higher-than-normal temperatures in red and orange, and lower-than-normal temperatures in blue. An animated version of this map shows global temperature anomalies changing over time, dating back to 1880. Download this visualization from NASA Godd ...Continue Reading

Jan. 10, 2025   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M25-005* * * *New Jersey Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station* * * NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore works inside the International Space Station’s Columbus laboratory module to begin installing the European Enhanced Exploration Exercise Device. (Credit: NASA) * * Students from the Toms River School District in New Jersey will have the chance to connect with NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Butch Wilmore as they answ ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects Electrical Systems Engineering Services Contractor *Jan 08, 2025* *CONTRACT RELEASE C25-001* Credit: NASA NASA has selected Columbus Technologies and Services Inc. of El Segundo, California, to provide electrical and electronic engineering support to the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Electrical Systems Engineering Services IV is a cost-plus-award-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum estimated value of $1.1 billion. The base period of pe ...Continue Reading