March 12, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-040* *Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth * * * The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov aboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa ...Continue Reading

*NASA Awards Environmental, Safety, Health, Mission Assurance Contract* * * March 11, 2024 CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-008 NASA * * NASA has selected Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston to provide support services in four broad technical areas including environmental, institutional operational safety, occupational health, aeronautics and space systems, and ground support equipment mission assurance. The Environmental, Safety, Health, and Mission Assurance contract is cost-plus-fixed-fee with indefinite-delivery/ ...Continue Reading

President’s NASA FY 2025 Funding Supports US Space, Climate Leadership *MAR 11, 2024* *RELEASE 24-037* NASA The Biden-Harris Administration Monday released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes funding to invest in America and the American people and will allow NASA to continue advancing our understanding of Earth and space while inspiring the world through discovery. “As history has proven, as the present has shown, and as the future will ...Continue Reading

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Return to Earth to Air Live on NASA Platforms *MAR 08, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-037* NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 poses for a photo before their mission to the International Space Station. From left to right: Mission Specialist Konstantin Borisov, Pilot Andreas Mogensen, Commander Jasmin Moghbeli, and Mission Specialist Satoshi Furukawa. Credits: SpaceX NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-7 return to Earth from the Internatio ...Continue Reading

NASA to Host Boeing Crew Flight Test Preview, News Conferences *MAR 08, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-034* Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams in T-38 pre-flight activities at Ellington Field. Photo Date: August 16, 2022. Location: Ellington Field, Hangar 276/Flight Line. Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA will preview the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station by hosting media tours Thursday, March 21, and with news conferences Friday, Ma ...Continue Reading

NASA to Highlight Artemis, US Space Leadership During Annual Address *MAr 08, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-032* Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will discuss the agency’s goals for the benefit of humanity during the annual State of NASA address on Monday, March 11. The event will coincide with the release of the Biden-Harris Administration’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal. The event will air live at 1 p.m. EDT on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA TV ...Continue Reading

*NASA Sets Science Webinar Coverage for Space Station Resupply Mission* *MAR 07, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-036* (Sept. 28, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara is pictured working with the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a contained environment crew members use to handle hazardous materials for various research investigations in space. Credit: NASA In preparation for NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission, the agency will stream an International Space Station National Lab sc ...Continue Reading

Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station *MAR 07, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-035* (Oct. 30, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara replaces hardware inside the Plant Habitat facility to prep for future experiments investigating genetic responses and immune system function of tomatoes in microgravity. Credits: NASA The San Antonio River Authority and students from the Advanced Learning Academy in San Antonio, Texas, will have an opportunity Friday, March 8, to hea ...Continue Reading

*NASA Opens Astronaut Applications as Newest Class Graduates*** * * *March 5, 2024* *RELEASE: 24-038* NASA newest class of astronauts, selected in 2021, graduate during a ceremony on March 5, 2024, at the at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA   NASA welcomed its newest class of next generation Artemis astronauts in a Tuesday ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 10 astronaut graduates now are eligible for flight assignments. The agency also announced the open ...Continue Reading

*NASA Awards Contracts for Flight, Payload Integration Services MARCH 4, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-009* NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space, including testing in high-altitude, reduced gravity, or other relevant environments. Examples of payloads include NASA science instruments or technology demonstrations. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base contract awards are firm-fixed-price with a total c ...Continue Reading