April 17, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-057*   *NASA Announces Winners of Power to Explore Challenge* * * The winners of NASA’s 2024 Power to Explore Student Challenge are: 9-year-old Raine Lin, left, 12-year-old Aadya Karthik, and 18-year-old Thomas Liu. Credit: NASA/Dave Lam   NASA announced the winners on Wednesday of the third annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the power of radioisotopes for space exploration.   The competition asked s ...Continue Reading

*NASA Invites Media for Climate Update, New Earth Missions*   April 17, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-057 For a media briefing in advance of Earth Day, NASA will share info about next steps for its Earth research program, as well as highlight our newest Earth-observing satellite PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem). This image from PACE shows two different communities of phytoplankton in the ocean off the coast of South Africa on Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: NASA * * In anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invit ...Continue Reading

NASA to Host a Pair of Briefings for Starliner Crew Flight *APR 16, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-052* NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for their mission in the company’s Starliner spacecraft simulator at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA will host two media opportunities on Thursday, April 25, in preparation for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission is targeting launch at 10:3 ...Continue Reading

NASA Leadership to Visit Mexico, Strengthen Cooperation *APR 16, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-056* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discusses the agency’s goals during the annual State of NASA address, Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Continuing their significant engagement with key government officials around the world to deepen ties and strengthen space collaboratio ...Continue Reading

*New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* * * April 16, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-054* * * **** NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission specialist Jeanette Epps is pictured training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX * * Students from Syracuse City School District and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from alumna and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the Internatio ...Continue Reading

*NASA Welcomes Switzerland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory* * * April 15, 2024 RELEASE: 24-053 * * **** Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, right, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, after signing the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in N ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-056 *   *NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs** * / / //// / / NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared on Monday the agency’s path forward on the Mars Sample Return program, including seeking innovative designs to return valuable samples from Mars to Earth. Such samples will not only help us understand the formation and evolution of our solar system but can be used to prepare for future human explorers and to aid in NASA’s search for sign ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-053 *   *NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update* / / //// / / NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 15, to discuss the agency’s response to a Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board report from September 2023, including next steps for the program. The teleconference will livestream at:   https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv   Mars Sample Return has been a major long-term goal of international planetary exploration fo ...Continue Reading

*NASA Invites Media to Switzerland Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony* * * April 11, 2024 ADVISORY: M24-051 * * **** The Artemis Accords describe a shared vision for principles, grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, to create a safe and transparent environment which facilitates space exploration and science for all of humanity to enjoy. Credit: NASA * * NASA will welcome Switzerland as the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 15 at the agency ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2024 *NEWS RELEASE: 24-052* * * *NASA, Japan Advance Space Cooperation, Sign Agreement for Lunar Rover* * * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama, hold signed copies of an historic agreement between the United States and Japan to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Under the agreement, Japan will design ...Continue Reading