NASA Welcomes Peru as 41st Artemis Accords Signatory *MAY 30, 2024* *RELEASE 24-075* From left to right, Ambassador of Peru to the United States Alfredo Ferrero Diez Canseco, Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2 ...Continue Reading

May 28, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-070* *NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 88 Launch, Space Station Docking* * * The Progress 85 cargo craft is seen shortly after undocking from International Space Station on Feb. 12 as it was orbiting 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean. NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraf ...Continue Reading

*NASA Launches Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles***   *May 25, 2024* *RELEASE: 24-074* * * **** Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 7:41 p.m. NZST May 25, 2024 (3:41 a.m. EDT) carrying a small satellite for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. Rocket Lab   The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissi ...Continue Reading

*NASA Engages in Artemis Accords Workshop to Advance Exploration * * * *May 24, 2024 * *RELEASE: 24-073* * * **** Representatives from 24 of the Artemis Accords signatories met May 21-23, 2024, for a workshop hosted at the John H. Chapman Space Centre (CSA Headquarters) in Longueuil, Quebec. CSA (Canadian Space Agency) NASA participated in the second international face-to-face workshop this week among Artemis Accords signatories, which featured space officials from two dozen nations focused on advancing the ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects Technology Transfer Services Contractor *MAY 23, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-015* Credits: NASA NASA has awarded the Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Services contract to Summit Technologies & Solutions, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, to provide support for the agency’s Technology Transfer Program. The performance-based firm-fixed price contract has a potential mission services value of $26 million and a maximum potential indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity value of $55 million. ...Continue Reading

May 23, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-071* *NASA, Mission Partners to Discuss Starliner Crew Flight Test Progress* * * A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky As NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) continue to evaluate a path toward launching the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, they will host a joint media teleconfere ...Continue Reading

NASA’s Heliophysics Experiment to Study Sun on European Mission *MAY 21, 2024* *RELEASE 24-072* The Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation (JEDI) will fly aboard the European Space Agency’s Vigil space weather mission and capture new views that will help researchers connect features on the Sun’s surface to those in the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. Credits: NASA NASA announced Tuesday it selected a new instrument to study the Sun and h ...Continue Reading

NASA Leaders to Host Agency Town Hall on Artificial Intelligence *MAY 21, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-069* Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy are hosting an employee town hall at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 22, to discuss how the agency is using and developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to advance missions and research. The event will steam live on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website. The town hall also will feature the NASA experts pioneerin ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-013 *   *NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Ocean Color Instrument for NOAA * * * NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems (formerly known as Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation) of Boulder, Colorado, to develop an instrument to analyze ocean data as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $450 ...Continue Reading

May 17, 2024   *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-014* * * *NASA Awards Contracts for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition Services* * * **** * * NASA has selected four companies to provide spacecraft and related services, including acquiring spacecraft components and equipment, in support of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.   The multiple awards, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base contracts, are firm-fixed-price with a total combined value of $6 billion. These multi-agency con ...Continue Reading