NASA Invites Public Input on Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy *Aug 26, 2024* *RELEASE 24-107* A waxing gibbous moon rises over the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 266 miles above. Credit: NASA As NASA and its partners continue to conduct groundbreaking research aboard the International Space Station, the agency announced Monday it is seeking U.S. industry, academia, international partners, and other stakeholders’ feedback on newly developed goals and objectives that will help guide the n ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-108* * * *NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership host a live news conference on Saturday, Aug. 24 at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to give a status update about NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Credit: NASA NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft, the agency announced Saturday. The uncrew ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers *Aug 22, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-030* Credit: NASA NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. The companies awarded are: Arrow Science and Technology LLC of Webster, Texas Impulse Space Inc. of Redondo Beach, California Momentus Space LLC of San Jose, California The VADR contract is a firm-fixed-price, ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-115*   *Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test* * * Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. (Credit: NASA)   NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review ...Continue Reading

*NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale*** *Aug 19, 2024* *RELEASE 24-106* * * Interstellar Lab, a small business comprised of team members from France, Texas, and Florida, took home the $750,000 grand prize for their food system, NUCLEUS, which uses a multi-pronged approach to growing and harvesting food outputs for astronauts on long-duration human space exploration missions. Credit: OSU/CFAES/Kenneth Chamberlain NASA has awarded a total of $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in the ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-113* * * *Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station* * * Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson, both NASA astronauts, pose for a fun portrait as Dominick tests portable breathing gear aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. (Credit: NASA) * * Students from Topeka, Kansas, will have the opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 21, to have NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson answer thei ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to Watch Artemis II Rocket Adapter Roll Out *Aug 14, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-111* Crews are preparing to move a key adapter for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket out of Marshall Space Flight Center’s Building 4708 to the agency’s Pegasus barge. The cone-shaped launch vehicle stage adapter connects the rocket’s core stage to the upper stage and helps protect the upper stage’s engine that will help propel the Artemis II mission around the Moon. Credits: Sam Lott/NASA To mark progress toward the fi ...Continue Reading

NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development *Aug. 14, 2024* * * *RELEASE 24-105* Credit: NASA NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency’s MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM wi ...Continue Reading

NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update *Aug 13, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-112* Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. Credit: NASA NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner spacecraft’s readiness in advan ...Continue Reading

*Aug. 12, 2024* * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-108* *NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 89 Launch, Space Station Docking* The Progress 86 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Poisk module on Dec. 3, 2023, ahead of its docking. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft is sched ...Continue Reading