NASA Announces its Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon Mission *JUL 03, 2024* *RELEASE 24-092* NASA astronaut Andre Douglas poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Josh Valcarcel NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2024    *ADVISORY: M24-087***   *Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days * The first CHAPEA mission crew members who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their ground-based home on Saturday, July 6.   The four volunteers who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their gro ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission *JUL 02, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-026* Credits: NASA NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) mission. The firm-fixed-price contract has a value of approximately $69 million, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The COSI mission currently is targeted to launch August 2027 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 ro ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-090* *NASA’s Boeing Test Flight Crew to Discuss Starliner Mission from Space*** * * NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and the Starliner spacecraft (Credits: NASA). Media are invited to hear from NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts discussing their miss ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Support STEM Research at Minority Serving Institutions *JUL 01, 2024* *RELEASE 24-091* A photo of MPLAN principal investigator awardees from various minority-serving institutions at the 2023 NASA Better Together conference in San Jose, California. Credits: NASA NASA has selected 23 minority-serving institutions to receive $1.2 million to grow their research and technology capabilities, collaborate on research projects, and contribute to the agency’s missions for the benefit of humanity. Through NASA’s ...Continue Reading

July 1, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-089*   *NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch* * * Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. Cygnus will deliver science experiments, crew supplies, and station hardware (Credits: NASA).   Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 21s ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for Infrared Telescope Facility Operations *JUN 28, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-025* Credits: NASA NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision. The contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $85.5 million, with a base period of perfo ...Continue Reading

June 27, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-088* * * *NASA, Boeing to Provide Commercial Crew, Space Station Update*** * * NASA logo   Leadership from NASA’s International Space Station and Commercial Crew Programs, as well as Boeing, will participate in a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, June 28. NASA and Boeing continue to evaluate Starliner’s propulsion system performance before returning from the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Crew Flight Test. The agency also will dis ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for Cargo Mission Support *JUN 27, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-024* Credit: NASA NASA has awarded a contract to Leidos, Inc. of Reston, Virginia, to provide mission support for the agency’s International Space Station Program, Artemis campaign, and more. The Cargo Mission Contract 4 has a total potential value of $476.5 million, with a base period from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2026, followed by three option periods. The contract includes a cost-plus-fixed-fee core with an indefinite-delivery/i ...Continue Reading

June 26, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-090*   *NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle* NASA logo   NASA is fostering continued scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit to benefit humanity, while also supporting deep space exploration at the Moon and Mars. As the agency transitions to commercially owned space destinations closer to home, it is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station in a controlled manner af ...Continue Reading