*NASA Opens Astronaut Applications as Newest Class Graduates*** * * *March 5, 2024* *RELEASE: 24-038* NASA newest class of astronauts, selected in 2021, graduate during a ceremony on March 5, 2024, at the at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA   NASA welcomed its newest class of next generation Artemis astronauts in a Tuesday ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 10 astronaut graduates now are eligible for flight assignments. The agency also announced the open ...Continue Reading

*NASA Awards Contracts for Flight, Payload Integration Services MARCH 4, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-009* NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space, including testing in high-altitude, reduced gravity, or other relevant environments. Examples of payloads include NASA science instruments or technology demonstrations. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base contract awards are firm-fixed-price with a total c ...Continue Reading

March 3, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-035*   *NASA�??s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station*  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on March 3, 2024, from NASA�??s from Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the agency�??s SpaceX Crew-8 mission into orbit for a mission to the International Space Station. NASA An international crew of four reached orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 10:53 p.m. EST Sunday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA�??s Kennedy Space Cente ...Continue Reading

NASA Honors Life of Former Administrator, Astronaut Richard Truly  *FEB 29, 2024* *RELEASE24-036* Former NASA Administrator and astronaut, Richard Truly. NASA The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on former NASA Administrator and astronaut Richard Truly, who passed away Feb. 27, 2024, at his home in Genesee, Colorado, at the age of 86. “NASA is the place it is today because of people of character, vision, and a spirit of service – people like the great man we lost Feb. 27, former NA ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media, Public to Solar Eclipse Events in April *FEB 28, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-033* This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over Madras, Oregon on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. NASA/Aubrey Gemignani On Monda ...Continue Reading

NASA, Intuitive Machines to Discuss Moon Mission, Science Successes** * * *Feb. 27, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-031 * On Feb. 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km) uprange from the intended landing site, at approximately 6 miles (10 km) altitude. Credit: Intuitive Machines   NASA and Intuitive Machines will co-host a televised news conference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 28, from the agency’s ...Continue Reading

*NASA Grants to Engage Students in Quiet Supersonic Community Overflight*   *Feb. 26, 2024* *RELEASE: 24-032* NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is dramatically lit for a “glamour shot,” captured before its Jan. 12, 2024, rollout at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale where the airplane was constructed. Credit: Lockheed Martin / Michael Jackson NASA has issued new grants to five universities to help develop education plans for the community overflight phase of the agency’s Quesst ...Continue Reading

NASA Names New Station Manager, Space Operations Deputy *FEB 26, 2024* *RELEASE 24-034* NASA has selected Dana Weigel as the International Space Station Program manager, based at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Weigel succeeds Joel Montalbano, who has accepted a position as deputy associate administrator for the agency’s Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Credits: NASA NASA has selected Dana Weigel as the International Space Station Program manager, based at the a ...Continue Reading

NASA Tech Contributes to Soft Moon Landing, Agency Science Underway *FEB 23, 2024* *RELEASE 24-033* On Feb. 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km) uprange from the intended landing site, at approximately about 6 miles (10 km) altitude. Credit: Intuitive Machines For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency�??s SpaceX Crew-8 Launch, Docking Roxana Bardan *FEB 23, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORYM24-029* (Left to right) Roscosmos Cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA Astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps pose for a photo during their Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA�??s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of the training is to rehearse launch day activities and get a close look at the spacecraft that will take them to the International Space Station. Credit: Space ...Continue Reading