July 16, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-098* * * *NASA to Provide Background on Space Station Deorbit Planning*** * * The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. NASA is planning for the future in low Earth orbit for science, research, and commercial opportunities as the agency and its international partners maximize the use of the I ...Continue Reading

NASA Announces Leadership Changes *JUL 16, 2024* *RELEASE 24-097* Clayton Turner, director of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia (left), and Dawn Schaible, deputy director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland (right). Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday Dr. Kurt Vogel, associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), is retiring from the agency. NASA Langley Research Center Director Clayton Turner will become the acting associate administ ...Continue Reading

NASA Signs US, Saudi Arabia Agreement for Civil Aeronautics, Space Collaboration *JUL 16, 2024* *RELEASE 24-093* Credit: NASA The United States and Saudi Arabia signed a framework agreement that opens new possibilities for cooperation with NASA in areas such as space science, exploration, aeronautics, space operations, education, and Earth science. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson signed on behalf of the U.S., and CEO of the Saudi Space Agency Mohammed bin Saud Al-Tamimi signed on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi ...Continue Reading

NASA Johnson to Dedicate Building to Dorothy Vaughan, Women of Apollo *JUL 15, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-100* A portrait of Dorothy Vaughan, a mathematician, computer programmer, and NASA’s first Black manager. Credit: NASA NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will recognize legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of Apollo with activities marking their achievements, including a renaming and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the center’s “Building 12,” on Friday, July 19, the eve of the 55th anniversary of ...Continue Reading

NASA to Commemorate 55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing *JUL 12, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-097* Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969. The Lunar Module is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the moon. Credit: NASA As the agency explores more of the Moon than ever before under the Artemis campaign, NASA will celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first astronauts la ...Continue Reading

July 11, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-095* * * *NASA Remembers Retired Astronaut, US Air Force Pilot Joe Engle * * * Portrait of retired NASA astronaut Joe Engle wearing flight suit in front of an X-15 fighter circa 1963. * * Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Engle died July 10, surrounded by his family at home in Houston. Among his many honors, he is the only astronaut to pilot both the X-15 and space shuttle. He was 91.   Engle became an astronaut at age 32 while flying the X-15 ...Continue Reading

NASA Deputy Administrator Strengthens Ties in Japan, Republic of Korea *JUL 10, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-096* NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will visit Japan and the Republic of Korea beginning Thursday, July 11, to underscore the critical role of international cooperation in advancing space exploration and technology development. During her week ...Continue Reading

NASA Administrator, Leaders to Discuss Space-Based Cancer Research *JUL 10, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-095* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an event with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to highlight how the agencies are making progress toward the Biden Cancer Moonshot on March 21 in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working with agencies and researchers across the federal government to help cut ...Continue Reading

July 8, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-093* * * *NASA, Boeing Provide Next Update on Space Station Crew Flight Test* * * Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, approaches the International Space Station for an autonomous docking as it orbited 257 miles above the South Pacific Ocean. * * Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media briefing at 12:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 10, to discuss the agency’s Crew Flight Test at the Internat ...Continue Reading

July 8, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-092* *NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cargo Space Station Departure* * * Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft and the International Space Station above western Mongolia (Credits: NASA).   Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, July 12, five and a half months after delivering more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigatio ...Continue Reading