NASA Welcomes Belgium as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory *JAN 24, 2024* *RELEASE 24-016* From left to right: Tim Richardson, chargé d’affaires, U.S. Embassy Belgium, Raphaël Liégeois, Belgian astronaut, Thomas Dermine, Belgian secretary of state for science policy, Hadja Lahbib, Belgian minister of foreign affairs, and Frank De Winne, Belgian astronaut, during the Artemis Accords signing ceremony in Brussels. Credits: Nathan De Fortunato During a ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels on ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to First Intuitive Machines, SpaceX Moon Launch *JAN 22, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-011* The Nova-C lunar lander is seen in the high bay of Intuitive Machines Headquarters in Houston, before it shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for integration with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Credit: Intuitive Machines As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis ...Continue Reading

NASA to Observe Day of Remembrance, Host Employee Safety Town Hall  Roxana Bardan *JAN 19, 2024* *RELEASE 24-014 * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial during NASA�??s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) In honor of the members of the NASA family who los ...Continue Reading

NASA Science, Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One Concludes *JAN 19, 2024* *RELEASE 24-012* Cameras aboard Peregrine capture the American flag and the NASA insignia on one of the lander’s tanks to signify America’s return to the Moon. Credits: Astrobotic The first flight of NASA’s commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads intended for the Moon, has come to an end. After 10 days and 13 hours in space, Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One made a controlled ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-013* * * *Boston Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station* * * NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara scrubs spacesuit cooling loops in preparation for a round of spacewalks. NASA * * Students, staff, and researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and two local public schools in Boston will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara aboard the International Space S ...Continue Reading

NASA, Partners to Welcome Private Crew Aboard Space Station *JAN 18, 2024* *RELEASE 24-013* Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), the third all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, lifts off at 4:49 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 18, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA As part of NASA’s efforts to enable more access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the third all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. A ...Continue Reading

NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology JAN 16, 2024 *RELEASE 24-009* * * Kurt Vogel portrait, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)   Dr. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel will serve as the new associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday. His appointment is effective immediately. Vogel succeeds James Reuter, w ...Continue Reading

NASA to Join Astrobotic�??s Media Call on Peregrine Mission One Status *JAN 12, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-010* NASA NASA will join an Astrobotic media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 18, to discuss updates on their Peregrine Mission One, which is carrying science for the agency as part of its Commercial Lunar Provider Services (CLPS) initiative. The audio-only teleconference will stream live on the agency�??s website. Following a successful launch on Jan. 8, Astrobotic�??s Peregrine lander expe ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects 12 Companies for Space Station Services Contract *JAN 12, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-001* NASA NASA has selected 12 companies to provide research, engineering, and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program. The $478 million Research, Engineering & Mission Integration Services-2 or REMIS-2 contract will support the work of the International Space Station Program based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The companies will provide spaceflight, ground hardware a ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-002*   *NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft* NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the apron outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to address one of the primary challenges to supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works   NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet ...Continue Reading