NASA to Discuss New Polar Climate Mission During Media Teleconference *MAY 13, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-066* The PREFIRE mission will launch the first of two CubeSats – depicted in this artist’s concept orbiting Earth – into space on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, to study how much heat the planet absorbs and emits from its polar regions. These measurements will inform climate and ice models. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is hosting a media call at 3 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 15, to discuss the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Ra ...Continue Reading

*NASA Names First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer*   May 13, 2024 RELEASE: 24-063 Credit: NASA * * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named David Salvagnini as the agency’s new chief artificial intelligence (AI) officer, effective immediately. The role is an expansion of Salvagnini’s current role as chief data officer.   A wide variety of AI tools are used by NASA to benefit humanity from supporting missions and research projects across the agency, analyzing data to reveal trends and patterns ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Expand Research Capabilities at Institutions Nationwide *MAY 10, 2024* *RELEASE 24-068* A photo of a team of researchers from the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras while working to discover a more efficient water recycling system for use on space missions. The team is comprised of doctoral students Liz Santiago-Martoral, on the left, and Alondra Rodriguez-Rolon, and their mentor Professor Eduardo Nicolau. One of their experiments can be seen on the countertop to the left of the group. Cre ...Continue Reading

May 9, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-062***   *NASA Invites Media to NOAA’s Advanced Weather Satellite Launch* * * GOES-U spacecraft rendering. Credit: NOAA/Lockheed Martin   NASA is preparing to launch NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), a mission to help improve weather observing and environmental monitoring capabilities on Earth, as well as advance space weather observations. &n ...Continue Reading

Arizona, New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station *MAY 09, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-065* (March 26, 2024) — Five NASA astronauts wear eye-protecting specs in anticipation of viewing the April 8 solar eclipse from the International Space Station’s cupola. Credits: NASA Students from Arizona and New York will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. At 12:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 14, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Tracy C. ...Continue Reading

May 9, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-063* * * *NASA Invites Media to Arizona Simulated Artemis Moonwalking Site  * * * NASA astronaut Kate Rubins (right) takes a photo of NASA astronaut Andre Douglas (left) as he raises an American flag during a simulated moonwalk in a rock yard at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. * * Media are invited to interact with the NASA team members practicing Artemis moonwalking operations Saturday, May 18, in the San Francisco Volcanic Fields near Flagstaff, Arizona. NASA ...Continue Reading

*NASA Administrator to Engage Officials in Italy, Vatican, Saudi Arabia*   May 9, 2024 ADVISORY: M24-064 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives remarks during a NASA town hall event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at NASA Headquarters in Washington.  Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls   Continuing his engagement to deepen international collaboration and the peaceful use of space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to Italy and Vatican City, followed by Saudi Arabia, beginning Thursday.   Nelson will meet ...Continue Reading

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