New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing Climate *MAY 07, 2024* *RELEASE 24-067* On May 7, 2024, NASA announced the selection of four proposals for concept studies of missions to benefit humanity through the study of Earth science. Most of what we know about Earth has been gathered through NASA’s 60 years of observations from space, such as this image of our home planet as shown as a mosaic of data from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer). Credits: NASA NASA has selected four pr ...Continue Reading

May 3, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-065* * * *Former NASA Center Director, Scientist to Receive Presidential Medals* * * Medals of Freedom are displayed Thursday, July 7, 2022, before a ceremony at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith)   President Joe Biden will present Dr. Ellen Ochoa, former center director and astronaut at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Dr. Jane Rigby, senior project scientist for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, each with the Presidentia ...Continue Reading

*NASA Technology Grants to Advance Moon to Mars Space Exploration* * * May 1, 2024 RELEASE: 24-064 Brandon Aguiar, a graduate student at Florida International University, works to prepare a slurry containing a lunar regolith simulant, graphene nanoplatelets, and base resin for use in FIU’s ongoing study of the enhanced electrical conductivity of additively manufactured lunar regolith components involving graphene nanoplatelets. Credit: Florida International University   *NASA Technology Grants to Advance M ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Air Quality Instrument for NOAA *MAY 01, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-012* Smog over a deep mountain valley. Credit: NOAA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems (formerly known as Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation) of Boulder, Colorado, to develop an instrument to monitor air quality and provide information about the impact of air pollutants on Earth for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) s ...Continue Reading

*NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student Success* * * April 30, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-061* * * **** Credit: NASA * * *NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student Success*   NASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship and career development in science, technology, engineering, and math.   This is the second round of seed funding ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Boeing Starliner’s First Crewed Launch, Docking *APR 29, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-061* Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch aboard Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Credits: NASA NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s Boeing Cre ...Continue Reading

*NASA Sets Coverage for Dragon Spacecraft Relocation on Space Station* ** April 29, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-059 *** *The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft pictured from the International Space Station. Credits: NASA.**   In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft to a different docking port Thursday, May 2, to make way for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA will provide live coverag ...Continue Reading

April 29, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-061* * * *NASA Administrator Names New Stennis Space Center Director* John Bailey, director, John C. Stennis Space Center   NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named John Bailey as director of the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, effective immediately. Bailey had been serving as acting director role since January.    “John will build on his nearly 35 years of federal service to lead our talented workforce at Stennis,” said ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-060* * * *NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science* * * The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is pictured approaching the International Space Station carrying over 7,300 pounds of new science, supplies and solar arrays to replenish the Expedition 65 crew. The Cargo Dragon’s nose cone is open revealing its hatch and forward docking cone. * * NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware ...Continue Reading

*NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US* * * April 25, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-060* * * **** Photo of a Loblolly Pine Artemis I Moon Tree during a tree dedication ceremony at the North Carolina Governor’s mansion on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Credits: NASA/OLIA * * After careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Treeâ ...Continue Reading