NASA, International Astronauts to Speak with Tennessee Students *NOV 07, 2023*   *RELEASE M23-137* (Oct. 3, 2023) — Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) assists NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli as she dons her spacesuit and tests its components in the Quest airlock in preparation for an upcoming International Space Station spacewalk. Credits: NASA Students from Brighton Elementary School in Brighton, Tennessee, will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA and ESA (Euro ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2023   *MEDIA ADVISORY:* *M23-136* * * *NASA Invites Media to First Astrobotic, ULA Robotic Artemis Moon Launch *** ** The first United States commercial robotic landing on the Moon’s surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and Artemis program are scheduled to occur in early 2024.  Credit: NASA/LRO Media accreditation is open for the first United States commercial robotic flight to the Moon’s surface as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload S ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 2023   *RELEASE: 23-123* * * *NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II*** * * Former NASA astronaut Thomas K. (TK) Mattingly II   The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of former NASA astronaut Rear Adm. (ret.) Thomas K. (TK) Mattingly II. “We lost one of our country’s heroes on Oct. 31. NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his shining personality will ensure he is remembered thro ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 2023 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M23-135* * * *Workshop to Highlight NASA’s Support for Mobility, In-Space Servicing* * * September’s full Moon, the Harvest Moon, is photographed from the International Space Station, perfectly placed in between exterior station hardware. * *   NASA leadership, including Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, will participate in a workshop on space mobility and in-space servicing on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the University of Maryland ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 2023 * * *RELEASE: 23-101* * * *Look Up: New NASA App Helps Stargazers Spot Space Station ***** NASA is making it easier for the public to spot the International Space Station, humanity’s home in space, as it passes over Earth and expanding access to news and resources about the microgravity laboratory with a new Spot the Station mobile app. The mobile app is available to download now on iOS and Android. The app builds on the agency’s Spot the Station webs ...Continue Reading

NASA Welcomes Netherlands as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Harm van de Wetering, director of the Netherlands Space Office, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States Birgitta Tazelaar, and Chiragh Parikh, executive secretary of the National Space Council, pose for a picture after the signing of the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, at the Dutch Ambassador’s Residence in Washington. Netherlands is the 31st country to sign ...Continue Reading

Nov. 1, 2023 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M23-134* * * *NASA Sets Coverage for Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station* The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, on the company’s 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:44 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA inve ...Continue Reading

*OCT. 27, 2023* *M23-133*** *Join NASA to Celebrate Worm Design, Influence with Original Designer* **** Dr. Christine Mann Darden holding a model of Mach II in the Unitary Tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center on Aug. 18, 1990. Darden is pictured in a lab coat with a NASA ‘worm’ logotype patch across her back. NASA / Carol Petrachenko Chapman   Media are invited to hear a discussion on the design and cultural significance of the worm logotype with NASA and its creator Richard Danne at 11:30 a.m. EST on Mon ...Continue Reading

Oct. 26, 2023 * * *RELEASE: 23-119* * * *Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel* * * “Astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues her space adventures as the first woman to walk on the Moon in NASA’s new graphic novel, “First Woman: Expanding Our Universe.”   Fictional astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues exploring space as the first woman to walk on the Moon in a new issue of NASA&acir ...Continue Reading

Oct. 23, 2023 *CONTRACT RELEASE: C23-029* NASA Awards NOAA’s QuickSounder Spacecraft Contract NASA * * * * NASA, on behalf of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), has awarded a delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid-IV) contract to Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio for the QuickSounder spacecraft. The firm-fixed-price delivery order covers all phases of QuickSounder’s operations to include spacecraft development, int ...Continue Reading