June 7, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-074* *NASA to Discuss Upcoming Spacewalks for Station Repairs, Upgrades* Astronaut waves during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station (Credits: NASA) NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct three spacewalks targeted for June. NASA will discuss the upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 11.* *Live coverage will air on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn ...Continue Reading

June 7, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-016* * * *NASA Awards Contracts for Acquisition of Liquid Nitrogen, Oxygen* * * * *   NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States. The indefinite-delivery/fixed-price contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.   The awards and approximate maximum contract values are: Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Al ...Continue Reading

LIFTOFF! NASA Astronauts Pilot First Starliner Crewed Test to Station *JUN 05, 2024* *RELEASE 24-080* A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Florida. NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is the first launch with astronauts of the Boeing CFT-100 spacecraft and United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Cre ...Continue Reading

*NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles* * * *JUN 05, 2024* *RELEASE 24-077*** * * Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 11:15 p.m. NZST June 5, 2024, carrying a small satellite for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.  RocketLab   The second of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraR ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards University Research Projects to Support Agency Missions *JUN 04, 2024* *RELEASE 24-079* Credits: NASA NASA announced the recipients of the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants, which will support scientific and technical research projects for more than 20 universities and organizations across the United States. “NASA’s EPSCoR awards are a tool to strengthen research capacity in areas across our nation that have historically been underrepresented in government research,” ...Continue Reading

NASA Updates Coverage for Crew Flight Test Launch, Docking to Station *JUN 03, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-076* A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch aboard Starliner for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA will provide live coverage of launch activities for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, whic ...Continue Reading

June 3, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-077* * * *NASA Invites Media to Discuss Hubble Operations Update* * * An STS-125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this image of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009. Credit: NASA NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 4, to provide an update on operations for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. NASA anticipates Hubble will continue making discoveries, working with other observatories such as the agency’s J ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Advance Technologies for Future Habitable Worlds Mission *MAY 31, 2024* *RELEASE 24-078* This artist’s concept features one of multiple initial possible design options for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab NASA announced Friday it selected three industry proposals to help develop technologies for future large space telescopes and plan for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory mission concept, which could be the first space telescope ...Continue Reading

NASA Welcomes Slovakia as New Artemis Accords Signatory *MAY 30, 2024* *RELEASE 24-076* From left to right, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States Radovan Javorcik, Slovak Republic Minister of Education, Research, Development, and Youth Tomáš Drucker, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and United States Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Sonata Coulter pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thurs ...Continue Reading

May 30, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-073*   *NASA Updates Coverage for Boeing’s Starliner Launch, Docking* * * Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaches the International Space Station on the company’s Orbital Flight Test-2 mission before automatically docking to the Harmony module’s forward port.   NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, whi ...Continue Reading