September 21, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-027*NASA Awards Orion Main Engine Contract for Future Artemis Missions* NASA has awarded a contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. of Redmond, Washington, for the development of the Orion Main Engine (OME), which will be used on the Orion spacecraft as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The contract includes certification of the OME design, production, and special studies and tasks. It is a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-pric ...Continue Reading

September 14, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M021-07*NASA Invites Media to View Lucy Spacecraft Before October Launch* *//* Media are invited to view the Lucy spacecraft Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. EDT at the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida. Media will have an opportunity to photograph Lucy, the first spacecraft to study the Trojan asteroids, and interview project and program officials. Media interested in attending this event must apply by 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-025*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for GOES-U Mission* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission. GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-109*NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Commercial Crew Space Station Launch* Crew-3 astronauts for advisory SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts (from left) Matthias Maurer, Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron are pictured during preflight training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. */Credits: SpaceX /* Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the third SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2021  M21-098*NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Next Cargo Launch* crs-22.jpg The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon cargo capsule soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, 2021, during the company's 22nd Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Editor's Note: This media advisory was updated Aug. 28 with the following information: The launch origina ...Continue Reading

August 24, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-100*NASA Invites Media to Launch of Lucy Mission to Study Trojan Asteroids* final_lucy_high-end-render_pira.jpg This illustration shows the Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan Asteroids near Jupiter. */Credits: Southwest Research Institute/* Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Lucy mission, which will send the first spacecraft to study the Trojan asteroids. These small bodies are remnants of our early solar system trapped in stable orbits, ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-098*NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Next Cargo Launch* crs-22.jpg The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon cargo capsule soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, 2021, during the company's 22nd Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting Saturday, Aug. 28, at 3:37 a.m. EDT to l ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-089*NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station * crs-22.jpg The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft rests in the hangar at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on May 27, 2021.The Dragon spacecraft was launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket during the company’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station on June 3. */Credits: SpaceX/* Media accreditation is now open for SpaceX’s 23rd cargo resupply mission to the International ...Continue Reading

July 09, 2021 RELEASE M021-05*Manning Assumes Deputy Reins at Kennedy Space Center* Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kelvin Manning participates in a virtual town hall meeting at the Florida spaceport on July 9, 2021. */Credits: NASA/Ben Smegelsky/* Kelvin Manning has been selected as deputy director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In that role, Manning will share responsibility with Kennedy Director Janet Petro in managing the Kennedy team of civil serv ...Continue Reading

May 26, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-067*NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Next Cargo Launch* ksc-20201206-ph-awg02_0025_large.jpeg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:17 a.m. EST on Dec. 6, 2020, carrying the uncrewed cargo Dragon spacecraft on its journey to the International Space Station for NASA and SpaceX’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-21) mission. */Credits: NASA/Tony Gray and Kevin O'Conne /* NASA commercial carg ...Continue Reading