*New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* * * April 16, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-054* * * **** NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission specialist Jeanette Epps is pictured training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX * * Students from Syracuse City School District and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from alumna and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the Internatio ...Continue Reading

*NASA Welcomes Switzerland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory* * * April 15, 2024 RELEASE: 24-053 * * **** Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, right, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, after signing the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in N ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-056 *   *NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs** * / / //// / / NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared on Monday the agency’s path forward on the Mars Sample Return program, including seeking innovative designs to return valuable samples from Mars to Earth. Such samples will not only help us understand the formation and evolution of our solar system but can be used to prepare for future human explorers and to aid in NASA’s search for sign ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-053 *   *NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update* / / //// / / NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 15, to discuss the agency’s response to a Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board report from September 2023, including next steps for the program. The teleconference will livestream at:   https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv   Mars Sample Return has been a major long-term goal of international planetary exploration fo ...Continue Reading

*NASA Invites Media to Switzerland Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony* * * April 11, 2024 ADVISORY: M24-051 * * **** The Artemis Accords describe a shared vision for principles, grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, to create a safe and transparent environment which facilitates space exploration and science for all of humanity to enjoy. Credit: NASA * * NASA will welcome Switzerland as the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 15 at the agency ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2024 *NEWS RELEASE: 24-052* * * *NASA, Japan Advance Space Cooperation, Sign Agreement for Lunar Rover* * * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama, hold signed copies of an historic agreement between the United States and Japan to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Under the agreement, Japan will design ...Continue Reading

*Media Invited to NASA’s Student Launch Challenge in Alabama* APRIL 10, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-050 Hundreds of students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched amateur rockets near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, during the Agency’s 2023 Student Launch competition. Credit: NASA/Charles Beason NASA’s 2024 Student Launch challenge will bring students from colleges, universities, high schools, middle sc ...Continue Reading

*NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara to Discuss Space Station Mission*   April 9, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-049* * * **** NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara is pictured inside the cupola aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA** * * After spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will participate in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Monday, April 15, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Hous ...Continue Reading

New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations *APR 09, 2024* *RELEASE 24-051* Low Earth orbit, the focus of volume one of NASA’s Space Sustainability Strategy, is the most concentrated area for orbital debris. This computer-generated image showcases objects that are currently being tracked.  Credits: NASA ODPO To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of its integrated&nbs ...Continue Reading

April 6, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-050* * * *NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station*** * * NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara returned to Earth on April 6, 2024, after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station. * * NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara returned to Earth after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Saturday, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Ma ...Continue Reading