NASA Leadership Spotlights Space Sustainability at Space Symposium *APR 05, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-048* NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Associate Administrator Jim Free are scheduled to speak at the Space Foundation’s 39th Space Symposium from Tuesday, April 9 through Thursday, April 11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During her key ...Continue Reading

April 3, 2024 *NEWS RELEASE: 24-049*   *NASA Selects Companies to Advance Moon Mobility for Artemis Missions* * * An artist’s concept design of NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle   NASA has selected Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab to advance capabilities for a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that Artemis astronauts will use to travel around the lunar surface, conducting scientific research during the agency’s Artemis campaign at the Moon and preparing for human missions to Mars. &n ...Continue Reading

April 2, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-046*   *NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return* * * NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara uses a portable glovebag to replace components on a biological printer, the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), that is testing the printing of organ-like tissues in microgravity. NASA * * Three crew members are scheduled to begin their return to Earth on Friday, April 5, from the International Space Station. NASA will provide ...Continue Reading

March 29, 2024 * * *RELEASE: C24-010*   *NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Engineering Contract * * * * * * * NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation of Reston, Virginia, for safety and mission assurance support at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.   The Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract III (SMAEC) is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the ability to issue cos ...Continue Reading

How to Watch Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse with NASA from Anywhere *MAR 29, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-047* The April 8, 2024, solar eclipse will be visible in the entire contiguous United States, weather permitting. People along the path of totality stretching from Texas to Maine will have the chance to see a total solar eclipse; outside this path, a partial solar eclipse will be visible. Credits: NASA On Monday, April 8, most of North America will have the chance to see the Moon pass in front of the Sun during a sol ...Continue Reading

*NASA Awards Promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Nationwide* * * March 28, 2024 *Release: 24-046* Orlando Science Center brings STEM engagement to the community via a weekly after school series, culminating in an Engineering Design Challenge. Credit: Orlando Science Center NASA is awarding approximately $3.7 million to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of an initiative to ignite STEM excitement. The money will go toward projects that inspire students and ...Continue Reading

March 28, 2024 *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-011 *   *NASA Selects Construction Management Services Acquisition Contractor* * * NASA has selected small business Firelake-Arrowhead NASA Services Joint Venture of Lawrence, Kansas, to acquire construction management, inspection, surveying, and testing services at NASA centers across the country.   The Construction Management, Inspection, Surveying, and Testing (CMIST-II) contract was competed as a Small Business 8(a) set-aside, and the maximum contract value is a ...Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24**-048*   *NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission* * * NASA astronaut Don Pettit poses for a crew portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. NASA   During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 71/72 crew. After blasting off to space, Pettit will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare crew ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment *MAR 26, 2024* *RELEASE 24-047* Artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface. Credits: NASA NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific data about the lunar environment, the lunar interior, and how to sustain a long-duration human ...Continue Reading

March 23, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-044* * * *NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson, Crewmates Safely En Route to Space Station*** * * **** * * The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, onboard, Saturday, March 23, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA/Bill Ingalls * * * * Three crew members including NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson ...Continue Reading