NASA Administrator Announces New Marshall Space Flight Center Director *FEB 05, 2024* *RELEASE 24-020* Official portrait of Joseph Pelfrey, director, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective immediately. Pelfrey has served as acting center director since July 2023. “Joseph is a respected leader who shares the passion for innovation and explorat ...Continue Reading

California, Massachusetts Students to Hear from NASA, ESA Astronauts *FEB 02, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORYM24-019* NASA astronauts and Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Jasmin Moghbeli, left, and Loral O’Hara in the Destiny laboratory celebrate the successful docking of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA Students from California and Massachusetts will have separate opportunities next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The two Earth-to-space ...Continue Reading

Feb. 2, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-020*   *NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 3 Departure from Space Station* * * The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying the four-member Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew is pictured approaching the International Space Station 260 miles above China north of the Himalayas.   NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) private astronaut flight from the International Space Station before the crew returns to Earth. ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE:* *C24-005*   *NASA Awards Environmental Restoration, Compliance Contract* * * **   NASA has selected five companies to provide environmental restoration and compliance services at NASA centers, facilities, and other agency assets. The awardees are: AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Orlando, Florida HydroGeoLogic, Inc., Reston, Virginia ISMS-Navarro LLC, Richland, Washington Jacobs Geosyntec A Joint Venture, Cape Canaveral, Florida Tetra Tech Inc., Pittsburgh Th ...Continue Reading

NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission *JAN 31, 2024* *RELEASE 24-019* Official NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 portraits with Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson and Aleksandr Gorbunov. NASA As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station and conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities for the benefit of all. Launching aboard the Dragon spacecraft, NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, Pilo ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-018* * * *NASA Sets Coverage for Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission* * * **** NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory is inspected and processed on a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. NASA/Kim Shiflett   NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming mission to study how our ...Continue Reading

NASA Science, Hardware on Northrop Grumman Mission En Route to Station *JAN 30, 2024* NASA science investigations and cargo aboard a Northrop Grumman resupply spacecraft are on the way to the International Space Station. Launch occurred at 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, on the NASA+ streaming service. Coverage also will air l ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract to Support Agency Enterprise Service Center *JAN 29, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-004* NASA has selected Inspiritec Inc. of Philadelphia, to provide contractor support for the Shared Services Center at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract allows for special project task orders at either the firm-fixed-price or based on level of effort. The contract includes a 60-day transition period beginning on Thursday, Feb. 1, f ...Continue Reading

NASA Space Tech Spinoffs Benefit Earth Medicine, Moon to Mars Tools *JAN 29, 2024* *RELEASE 24-015* Caption: Squishy Robotics’ Tensegrity Sensor Robots help first responders determine their approach to a disaster scene. Firefighters used the robots during a subway attack exercise at the 2021 Unmanned Tactical Application Conference to detect gas leaks and other hazards. Credits: FLYMOTION LLC As NASA innovates for the benefit of all, what the agency develops for exploration has the potential to evolve into other te ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for Aviation, Railroad Safety Reporting Systems *JAN 26, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-002* NASA NASA has awarded a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Virginia, for the maintenance and operation of incident reporting programs and continuing development to improve current and future reporting systems. The Aviation Safety Reporting System and Related Systems award is a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract managed by the Human Systems Integration Divisio ...Continue Reading