NASA Advances Research to Grow Habitats in Space from Fungi *JUN 26, 2024* *RELEASE 24-089* Bricks produced using mycelium, yard waste and wood chips as a part of the myco-architecture project. Similar materials could be used to build habitats on the Moon or Mars. Credits: NASA As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars for the benefit of all, a habitat-growing concept selected Wednesday by the agency could help “grow” homes using fungi for future explorers. A team of researchers at NASA ...Continue Reading

NASA, SpaceX Launch NOAA’s Latest Weather Satellite *JUN 25, 2024* *RELEASE 24-088* A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The GOES-U satellite is the final satellite in the GOES-R series, which serves a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Wester ...Continue Reading

South Central US Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Station *JUN 21, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-086* (April 8, 2024) NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps uses a camera in the International Space Station’s cupola to take photographs of the Moon’s shadow umbra as a total solar eclipse moves across Earth’s surface during Expedition 71. Credits: NASA/Matthew Dominick Students from Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas will have an opportunity to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The 20-minut ...Continue Reading

June 20, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-087* * * *NASA Releases Updated Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience Plan* * * Artist’s concept of the Earth drawn from data from multiple satellite missions and created by a team of NASA scientists and graphic artists. Credit: NASA Images By Reto Stöckli, Based On Data From NASA And NOAA * * NASA joined more than 20 federal agencies in releasing its updated Climate Adaptation Plan Thursday, helping expand the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to make feder ...Continue Reading

NASA, Partners Conduct Fifth Asteroid Impact Exercise, Release Summary *JUN 20, 2024* *RELEASE 24-086* Representatives from NASA, FEMA, and the planetary defense community participate in the 5th Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise to inform and assess our ability as a nation to respond effectively to the threat of a potentially hazardous asteroid or comet. Credits: NASA/JHU-APL/Ed Whitman For the benefit of all, NASA released a summary Thursday of the fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagen ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Logistic Services, Management Contract *JUN 18, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-022* Credits: NASA NASA has awarded the Goddard Logistics Services Contract to TRAX International Corporation of Las Vegas to provide logistics services and management for NASA missions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes a base period and up to five options with a potential contract value of approximately $265 million if all options are exercised. The basic period of performance is from Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, to July 21 ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA *JUN 18, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-021* Conceptualization of the GeoXO constellation. Credits: NOAA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $2.27 billion. It includes the development of three sp ...Continue Reading

June 18, 2024  *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-084*  *NASA Sets Launch Coverage for NOAA Weather Satellite * Crews transport NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-U) from the Astrotech Space Operations facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida beginning on Friday, June 14, 2024, with the operation finishing early Saturday, June 15, 2024. The fourth and ...Continue Reading

NASA Updates Coverage for US Spacewalks 90, 91 Outside Space Station *JUN 18, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-085* Astronauts pictured completing an installation outside of the International Space Station. Credits: NASA NASA will provide live coverage as astronauts conduct two spacewalks outside the International Space Station scheduled for Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 2. The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EDT June 24, and last about six and a half hours. NASA will provide live coverage beginning at ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations *JUN 17, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-023* Credits: NASA NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for labor support to ensure continuing safe operations of the Sonny Carter Training Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations Contract II has a two-year base period that begins Oct. 1, followed by five option periods ranging from one to two years with a possible extens ...Continue Reading