June 7, 2024   *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-020* * * *NASA Selects Contractor for Lifecycle Services Support* * * NASA has selected Amentum Services Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to provide program, science, engineering, operations, and project management support at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.   The Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 contract is a single award, hybrid contract, consisting of cost-plus-fixed-fee core requirements and indefinite-del ...Continue Reading

June 7, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-081* * * *NASA Exploring Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods* * * * * * * NASA is moving forward with ten studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars’ surface back to Earth as part of the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program. As part of this effort, NASA will award a firm-fixed-price contract for up to $1.5 million to conduct 90-day studies to seven industry proposers. Additionally, NASA centers, CalTech’s Jet Propulsion La ...Continue Reading

NASA Crew Flight Test Astronauts to Call White House, NASA Leaders *JUN 07, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-078* NASA astronauts Suni Williams (pictured left) and Butch Wilmore (pictured right) launched at 10:52 a.m. EDT June 5 as the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credits: NASA Following their safe arrival at the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore&n ...Continue Reading

June 7, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-074* *NASA to Discuss Upcoming Spacewalks for Station Repairs, Upgrades* Astronaut waves during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station (Credits: NASA) NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct three spacewalks targeted for June. NASA will discuss the upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 11.* *Live coverage will air on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn ...Continue Reading

June 7, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-016* * * *NASA Awards Contracts for Acquisition of Liquid Nitrogen, Oxygen* * * * *   NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States. The indefinite-delivery/fixed-price contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.   The awards and approximate maximum contract values are: Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Al ...Continue Reading

LIFTOFF! NASA Astronauts Pilot First Starliner Crewed Test to Station *JUN 05, 2024* *RELEASE 24-080* A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Florida. NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is the first launch with astronauts of the Boeing CFT-100 spacecraft and United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Cre ...Continue Reading

*NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth�??s Poles* * * *JUN 05, 2024* *RELEASE 24-077*** * * Rocket Lab�??s Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 11:15 p.m. NZST June 5, 2024, carrying a small satellite for NASA�??s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.  RocketLab   The second of NASA�??s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) two satellites is communicating with ground controllers afte ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards University Research Projects to Support Agency Missions *JUN 04, 2024* *RELEASE 24-079* Credits: NASA NASA announced the recipients of the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants, which will support scientific and technical research projects for more than 20 universities and organizations across the United States. “NASA’s EPSCoR awards are a tool to strengthen research capacity in areas across our nation that have historically been underrepresented in government research,” ...Continue Reading

NASA Updates Coverage for Crew Flight Test Launch, Docking to Station *JUN 03, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-076* A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch aboard Starliner for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA will provide live coverage of launch activities for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, whic ...Continue Reading

June 3, 2024 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-077* * * *NASA Invites Media to Discuss Hubble Operations Update* * * An STS-125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this image of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009. Credit: NASA NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 4, to provide an update on operations for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. NASA anticipates Hubble will continue making discoveries, working with other observatories such as the agency’s J ...Continue Reading