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

NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 12 Straight Years *MAY 16, 2024* *RELEASE 24-071* 2023 image capturing the Sun’s glint in between a cloudy stretch of the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. Credits: NASA NASA was named Thursday as the 2023 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – for the 12th year in a row by the Partnership for Public Service. The title serves as a reflection of employee satisfaction with the workplace and functioning of the overall agency as NASA e ...Continue Reading

NASA, European Space Agency Unite to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars *MAY 16, 2024* *RELEASE 24-070* NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Nicky Fox and ESA’s Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander sign an agreement on the Rosalind Franklin mission at ESA’s headquarters in Paris, France on May 16, 2024. Credits: ESA/Damien Dos Santos NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced Thursday they si ...Continue Reading

Students Across US to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station *MAY 16, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-068* An image of NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps using the glovebox BioFabrication Facility in the Columbus European Laboratory during Expedition 71 on April 10, 2024. Credits: NASA/Michael Barratt Students of a volunteer service organization will have the opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will stream live at 11:40 a.m. EDT ...Continue Reading

*Artemis Accords Reach 40 Signatories as NASA Welcomes Lithuania*   May 15, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-069* * * **** AuÅ¡rinÄ— ArmonaitÄ—, Lithuanian Minister of Economy and Innovation, signs the Artemis Accords in the presence of United States Ambassador Kara C. McDonald at a ceremony in conjunction with Vilnius Space Days. Credit: Lithuanian Innovation Agency   A milestone was reached on Wednesday as Lithuania became the 40th nation to join NASA and the international coalition i ...Continue Reading

NASA to Discuss New Polar Climate Mission During Media Teleconference *MAY 13, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-066* The PREFIRE mission will launch the first of two CubeSats – depicted in this artist’s concept orbiting Earth – into space on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, to study how much heat the planet absorbs and emits from its polar regions. These measurements will inform climate and ice models. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is hosting a media call at 3 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 15, to discuss the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Ra ...Continue Reading

*NASA Names First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer*   May 13, 2024 RELEASE: 24-063 Credit: NASA * * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named David Salvagnini as the agency’s new chief artificial intelligence (AI) officer, effective immediately. The role is an expansion of Salvagnini’s current role as chief data officer.   A wide variety of AI tools are used by NASA to benefit humanity from supporting missions and research projects across the agency, analyzing data to reveal trends and patterns ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Expand Research Capabilities at Institutions Nationwide *MAY 10, 2024* *RELEASE 24-068* A photo of a team of researchers from the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras while working to discover a more efficient water recycling system for use on space missions. The team is comprised of doctoral students Liz Santiago-Martoral, on the left, and Alondra Rodriguez-Rolon, and their mentor Professor Eduardo Nicolau. One of their experiments can be seen on the countertop to the left of the group. Cre ...Continue Reading

May 9, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-062***   *NASA Invites Media to NOAA’s Advanced Weather Satellite Launch* * * GOES-U spacecraft rendering. Credit: NOAA/Lockheed Martin   NASA is preparing to launch NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), a mission to help improve weather observing and environmental monitoring capabilities on Earth, as well as advance space weather observations. &n ...Continue Reading

Arizona, New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station *MAY 09, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-065* (March 26, 2024) — Five NASA astronauts wear eye-protecting specs in anticipation of viewing the April 8 solar eclipse from the International Space Station’s cupola. Credits: NASA Students from Arizona and New York will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. At 12:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 14, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Tracy C. ...Continue Reading