September 11, 2023 CONTRACT RELEASE C23-026*NASA Selects Ball Aerospace to Develop NOAA’s GeoXO Sounder Instrument*NASA logo*/Credits: NASA/*NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation of Boulder, to develop the sounder instrument for a Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program.This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $486.9 million. It includes the ...Continue Reading

 September 11, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-116*NASA Leadership to Call Agency’s Record-Breaking Astronaut in Space*rubio_main_image.pngNASA astronaut Frank Rubio floats inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world.”*/Credits: NASA/*During an Earth-to-Space call at 12:05 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 13, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with agency astronaut Fra ...Continue Reading

 September 08, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-111*NASA, International Astronauts to Speak with Students in Two States*jsc2023e037715.jpgFrom left, Crew-7 cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pose for a crew portrait.*/Credits: NASA/*Students from North Carolina and Rhode Island will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard th ...Continue Reading

 September 07, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-112*Now Home on Earth, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 to Discuss Space, Science*nhq202309040005large.jpgThe crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, after splashing down off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, left, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, second from left, NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, second from right, and ...Continue Reading

 September 03, 2023 RELEASE 23-097*NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely Returns to Earth Near Florida Coast*nhq202309040005.jpgRoscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, left, NASA astronaut Warren “Woody" Hoburg, second from left, NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, second from right, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, right, are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the A ...Continue Reading

 September 02, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-109*Coverage Set as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Prepares for Splashdown *52870842128_42b3c12152_k.jpgFour Expedition 69 flight engineers aboard the International Space Station pose for a portrait in the pressure suits they will wear when they relocate the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour crew ship from the Harmony module's space-facing port to Harmony's forward port on Saturday May 6, 2023.*/Credits: NASA/*NASA will provide coverage of the agencyâ
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 September 01, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-110*NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission, Optical Communications Demo*pia25138.jpgThis artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft en route to its destination in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.*/Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/*NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6, to discuss the agency’s upcoming Psyche mission, which will be its first to visit a metal ...Continue Reading

 September 01, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-108*Georgia, Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station*nasa_astronaut_downlink.pngNASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (left) and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (right) will answer questions from students in Georgia and Texas in a downlink aboard the International Space Station.*/Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls/*Students from Georgia and Texas will have separate opportunities next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.The ...Continue Reading

 August 26, 2023 RELEASE 23-094*NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Launches to International Space Station*NASA's SpaceX Crew-7*/Credits: NASA/*An international crew of four representing four countries is in orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The agency’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh commercial crew rotation miss ...Continue Reading

 August 24, 2023 RELEASE 23-093*NASA, Forest Service to Share Moon Tree Seedlings, Promote STEM*51170922794_609a1ff5ac_o.jpgThe Moon pictured from the International Space Station while orbiting 264 miles above the Pacific Ocean in between Fiji and American Samoa.*/Credits: NASA/*Education and community organizations can apply to receive a living piece of spaceflight history to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a seedling grown from a tree seed that flew around the Moon on ...Continue Reading