NASA News   RELEASE 25-013 JAN. 29, 2025 SCIENCE NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients  In this video frame, Jason Dworkin holds up a vial that contains part of the sample from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission in 2023. Dworkin is the mission's project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: NASA/James Tralie ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-013 JAN. 27, 2025 SCIENCE NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch  NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory was photographed at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in November 2024 after completing environmental testing. The spacecraft’s three concentric cones help direct heat and light away from the telescope and other components, keeping them cool. Credit: BAE Systems NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 31, to discuss a new te ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-012 JAN. 27, 2025 SCIENCE M25-012 NASA Invites Media to Pre-Super Bowl Tours at New Orleans Facility NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, includes 43 acres of manufacturing space under one roof — a space large enough to contain more than 31 professional football fields. Credit: NASA Media are invited to visit NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans between Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Thursday, Feb. 6, ahead of Super Bowl LIX for an inside look America’s r ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-011 JAN. 24, 2025 SCIENCE NASA Invites Media to Second Intuitive Machines Launch to Moon Caption: As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Intuitive Machines’ second delivery to the Moon will carry NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations on their Nova-C class lunar lander. Credit: Intuitive Machines For the second time, Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to deliver NASA technology demonstrations and ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-010 JAN. 24, 2025 SCIENCE NASA to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings Jason Dworkin, project scientist for OSIRIS-REx at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, views a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample in the center’s astrobiology lab under microscope in November 2023, shortly after it arrived from the curation team at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/Molly Wasser NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesd ...Continue Reading

Dear NASA news subscriber,   Thank you for signing up to receive NASA’s news releases and media advisories. We wanted to let you know about an upcoming change to the NASA news email delivery system.   Starting Thursday, Jan. 16, subscribers will receive NASA news emails through the Constant Contact platform from hq-news@mail.nasa.gov. While you may notice a slight change in email format, no other action is needed to continue receiving this information. However, if you believe you are no longer receiving NASA ...Continue Reading

Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight *Jan 15, 2025* *RELEASE 25-006* Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 15, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The Blue Ghost lander will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the lunar surface to further ...Continue Reading

NASA Deputy Administrator to Receive 2025 National Space Award NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation has selected NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, a retired United States Air Force colonel and former NASA astronaut, to receive the 2025 National Space Trophy on April 25 in Houston. “This honor is not ...Continue Reading

Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top Civilian Award *Jan 13, 2025* *RELEASE 25-005* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, present Bob Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, recognizing his exceptional achievements and public service to the nation, Jan. 10, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headqu ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to Launch of Cosmic Origins, Solar Wind Missions *Jan 13, 2025* *MEDIA ADVISORY M25-007* NASA’s SPHEREx observatory will use a technique called spectroscopy across the entire sky, capturing the universe in more than 100 colors. Credit: BAE Systems Media accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...Continue Reading