NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA *JUN 18, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-021* Conceptualization of the GeoXO constellation. Credits: NOAA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $2.27 billion. It includes the development of three sp ...Continue Reading

June 18, 2024  *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-084*  *NASA Sets Launch Coverage for NOAA Weather Satellite * Crews transport NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-U) from the Astrotech Space Operations facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida beginning on Friday, June 14, 2024, with the operation finishing early Saturday, June 15, 2024. The fourth and ...Continue Reading

NASA Updates Coverage for US Spacewalks 90, 91 Outside Space Station *JUN 18, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-085* Astronauts pictured completing an installation outside of the International Space Station. Credits: NASA NASA will provide live coverage as astronauts conduct two spacewalks outside the International Space Station scheduled for Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 2. The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EDT June 24, and last about six and a half hours. NASA will provide live coverage beginning at ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations *JUN 17, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-023* Credits: NASA NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for labor support to ensure continuing safe operations of the Sonny Carter Training Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations Contract II has a two-year base period that begins Oct. 1, followed by five option periods ranging from one to two years with a possible extens ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-083* * * *NASA, Boeing to Discuss Starliner’s Mission* * * Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station on the company’s Orbital Flight Test-2 mission (Credits: NASA) * * * * NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner’s mission and departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight ...Continue Reading

NASA to Discuss Outcome of 5th Biennial Asteroid Threat Exercise *JUN 14, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-082* Representatives from NASA, FEMA, and the planetary defense community participate in the fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise on April 2 and 3, 2024, to discuss the nation’s ability to respond effectively to the threat of a potentially hazardous asteroid or comet. Credits: NASA/JHU-APL/Ed Whitman NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 20, to discuss a new summary ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to See Artemis II Moon Rocket Elements at Kennedy *JUN 14, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-072* NASA’s Pegasus barge delivers the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s core stage for the 2022 Artemis I mission to the turn basin at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April 2021. Credits: NASA/Michael Downs Media are invited in late July to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see progress on the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket as preparations continue for the Artemis II test fl ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-083* * * NASA Welcomes Armenia as 43rd Artemis Accords Signatory Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer Littlejohn, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Lilit Makunts, right, look on as Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia, signs the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Mary W. Jacks ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects Raytheon Company to Build Landsat Next Instruments JUN 12, 2024 CONTRACT RELEASE C24-017 Credits: NASA NASA selects Raytheon Company to provide three instruments and related services, with an option for one additional instrument, in support of the Landsat Next mission based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract includes a cost-plus-award-fee base period and a cost-plus-fixed-fee option period with a total value of $506.7 million. The contractor will provide the des ...Continue Reading

June 11, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-085* * * *NASA Selects 2024 Small Business, Research Teams for Tech Development* * * NASA logo. Credit: NASA * * NASA will award funding to nearly 250 small business teams to develop new technologies to address agency priorities, such as carbon neutrality and energy storage for various applications in space and on Earth. The new awards from NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program invest in a diverse portfo ...Continue Reading