NASA to Highlight 13th Space Station Research, Development Conference *Jul 29, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-104* The International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon during a fly around of the orbiting laboratory. Credit: NASA NASA will broadcast groundbreaking discoveries, benefits for humanity, and how the agency and its commercial and international partners are maximizing research and development in orbit from the 13th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference. The confe ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects Marshall Logistics Support Services II Contractor *JUL 25, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-027* Credit: NASA NASA has awarded the MSFC Logistics Support Services II (MLSS II) contract to Akima Global Logistics, LLC to provide logistics support services at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The performance-based indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum potential value of $96.3 million. The contract begins on Sunday, Sept. 1 with a one-year base period, f ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-103*   *UPDATE: NASA, Boeing to Stream Flight Test Mission Briefing on NASA+* * * Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. ** NASA and Boeing will host a news conference with mission leaders ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-102*   *NASA, Boeing to Discuss Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground Testing* * * Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China * * Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media tel ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for NOAA’s JPSS-4 Mission *JUL 22, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-028* A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captures a view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away. Credit: NASA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to provide launch services for NOAA’s JPSS-4 mission. The spacecraft is part of ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Briefings for Crew-9 Mission to Space Station *JUL 19, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-099* Official NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 portraits with Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson, and Aleksandr Gorbunov. Credit: NASA NASA will host a pair of news conferences Friday, July 26, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to highlight upcoming crew rotation missions to the International Space Station. NASA will host a mission overview news conference at 12 p.m. EDT and provide coverage on NASA+, NASA T ...Continue Reading

NASA Ends VIPER Project, Continues Moon Exploration *JUL 17, 2024* *RELEASE 24-094* NASA’s VIPER – short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover – sits assembled inside the cleanroom at the agency’s Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA Following a comprehensive internal review, NASA announced Wednesday its intent to discontinue development of its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. NASA stated cost increases, delays to the launch date, and the risks of future cost gro ...Continue Reading

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-9 Launch to Space Station *JUL 17, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-094* The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station poses for a photo during training in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s ninth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Cr ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to Discuss Exploration Science Program Update *JUL 16, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-101* NASA’s Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth’s Moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin. Credit: NASA NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 17, to provide an update on a program within NASA’s Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office. Audio of the te ...Continue Reading

NASA Ships Moon Rocket Stage Ahead of First Crewed Artemis Flight *JUL 16, 2024* *RELEASE 24-096* Move teams with NASA and Boeing, the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage lead contractor, position the massive rocket stage for NASA’s SLS rocket on special transporters to strategically guide the flight hardware the 1.3-mile distance from the factory floor onto the agency’s Pegasus barge on July 16. The core stage will be ferried to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it will be integrated with other parts o ...Continue Reading