Jan. 31, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE:* *C24-005*   *NASA Awards Environmental Restoration, Compliance Contract* * * **   NASA has selected five companies to provide environmental restoration and compliance services at NASA centers, facilities, and other agency assets. The awardees are: AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Orlando, Florida HydroGeoLogic, Inc., Reston, Virginia ISMS-Navarro LLC, Richland, Washington Jacobs Geosyntec A Joint Venture, Cape Canaveral, Florida Tetra Tech Inc., Pittsburgh Th ...Continue Reading

NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission *JAN 31, 2024* *RELEASE 24-019* Official NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 portraits with Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson and Aleksandr Gorbunov. NASA As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station and conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities for the benefit of all. Launching aboard the Dragon spacecraft, NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, Pilo ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-018* * * *NASA Sets Coverage for Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission* * * **** NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory is inspected and processed on a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. NASA/Kim Shiflett   NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming mission to study how our ...Continue Reading

NASA Science, Hardware on Northrop Grumman Mission En Route to Station *JAN 30, 2024* NASA science investigations and cargo aboard a Northrop Grumman resupply spacecraft are on the way to the International Space Station. Launch occurred at 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, on the NASA+ streaming service. Coverage also will air l ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract to Support Agency Enterprise Service Center *JAN 29, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-004* NASA has selected Inspiritec Inc. of Philadelphia, to provide contractor support for the Shared Services Center at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract allows for special project task orders at either the firm-fixed-price or based on level of effort. The contract includes a 60-day transition period beginning on Thursday, Feb. 1, f ...Continue Reading

NASA Space Tech Spinoffs Benefit Earth Medicine, Moon to Mars Tools *JAN 29, 2024* *RELEASE 24-015* Caption: Squishy Robotics’ Tensegrity Sensor Robots help first responders determine their approach to a disaster scene. Firefighters used the robots during a subway attack exercise at the 2021 Unmanned Tactical Application Conference to detect gas leaks and other hazards. Credits: FLYMOTION LLC As NASA innovates for the benefit of all, what the agency develops for exploration has the potential to evolve into other te ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for Aviation, Railroad Safety Reporting Systems *JAN 26, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-002* NASA NASA has awarded a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Virginia, for the maintenance and operation of incident reporting programs and continuing development to improve current and future reporting systems. The Aviation Safety Reporting System and Related Systems award is a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract managed by the Human Systems Integration Divisio ...Continue Reading

NASA�??s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2023 Annual Report *JAN 25, 2024* *RELEASE 24-010* The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2023 annual report Thursday examining the agency�??s safety performance, accomplishments, and challenges over the past year.  The report highlights 2023 activities and observations on NASA�??s: Strategic Vision and Guiding Principles Agency Governance Moon to Mars Program Management In 2023, NASA con ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cargo Space Station Mission *JAN 24, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-017* Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft is pictured from the International Space Station as it approaches while orbiting 261 miles above the coast of the Garabogazköl Basin in Turkmenistan. NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for the agency ...Continue Reading

Jan. 24, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-016*   *NASA, Sierra Space Invite Media to See Spaceplane for Cargo Missions* * * NASA and Sierra Space team members move the Dream Chaser spaceplane into NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Credits: Sierra Space/Shay Saldana   As part of NASA's efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, media are invited to view Sierra Space’s uncrewed commercial spaceplane ahead of its first demonstration flight for the agency to the Interna ...Continue Reading