Jan. 7, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-004 *   *NASA, United Arab Emirates Announce Artemis Lunar Gateway Airlock* * * NASA and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) have entered into an agreement for MBRSC to provide the Crew and Science Airlock module for the Gateway Space Station. As part of the agreement, NASA will fly a United Arab Emirates astronaut to Gateway on a future Artemis mission. Pictured is an artist’s concept of Gateway (left) and an artist’s concept of a government reference airlock (rig ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-003***   *NASA Administrator, Leaders to Discuss Artemis Moon Mission Plans* * * An illustration of a suited Artemis astronaut looking out of a Moon lander hatch across the lunar surface, the Lunar Terrain Vehicle and other surface elements. * * NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 9, to provide an update on the agency’s lunar exploration plans for the benefit of all under Artemis. Audio of the briefing will stream live on NASA ...Continue Reading

NASA Astronauts to Speak with North Carolina, Virginia Students *JAN 05, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-004* (Nov. 3, 2023) NASA astronauts and Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Loral O’Hara, left, and Jasmin Moghbeli, right, work on a spacesuit aboard the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. NASA Students from North Carolina and Virginia will have separate opportunities next week to each hear from a NASA astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station. The two Earth-to-space calls will air liv ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-001* *NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Crew-8 Mission Launch to Space Station* *** * Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s eighth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endeavour spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is targeted for no earli ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Rollout *JAN 05, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-002* Artist’s concept of the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunkworks will unveil the aircraft on Friday, Jan. 12. NASA NASA will provide live coverage as it reveals its X-59 aircraft at 4 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 12, as part of the agency’s Quesst mission to make commercial supersonic flight possible. For the first time, the public will see the painted aircraft, which will be unveiled during ...Continue Reading

Funding Future Tech: NASA Names 2024 Innovative Concept Studies *JAN 04, 2024* *RELEASE 24-001* A collage of illustrations highlighting the novel concepts proposed by the 2024 NIAC Phase I awardees. Credit: clockwise, from upper right: Steven Benner, Beijia Zhang, Matthew McQuinn, Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Thomas M. Eubanks, Kenneth Carpenter, James Bickford, Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Peter Cabauy, Geoffrey Landis, Lynn Rothschild, and Ge-Cheng Zha. NASA NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fu ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Public to Send Names Aboard Artemis Robotic Moon Rover *JAN 04, 2024* *RELEASE 24-003* An artist’s concept of the completed design of NASA’s VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. VIPER will get a close-up view of the location and concentration of ice and other resources at the Moon’s South Pole, bringing us a significant step closer to NASA’s ultimate goal of a long-term presence on the Moon – making it possible to eventually explore Mars and beyond. NASA/Daniel Rutter NASA is invi ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for ULA, Astrobotic Artemis Robotic Moon Launch *DEC 28, 2023* *MEDIA ADVISORY M23-153* Ahead of launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose cone, of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket on Nov. 21, 2023, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One will carry NASA and commercial payloads to ...Continue Reading

Dec. 20, 2023 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M23-151* * * *NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Space Station* * * Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft is pictured moments away from being captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm controlled by NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg from inside the International Space Station. * * Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 22, four months after delivering m ...Continue Reading

NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science *DEC 20, 2023* *RELEASE M23-149* Nov. 11, 2023 — Thrusters on the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fire automatically while adjusting the vehicle’s slow, methodical approach toward the International Space Station for a docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. NASA NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Wedn ...Continue Reading