August 11, 2023 RELEASE 23-089*NASA Seeks Student Ideas for 2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge*picture2.jpgStudents from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Cuernavaca, Mexico, cheer for their teammates during the 2023 competition. NASA is accepting proposals for the 2024 season until Sept. 21, 2023.*/Credits: NASA/*Students interested in designing, developing, building, and testing rovers for Moon and Mars exploration are invited to submit their proposals to NASA through Monday, Sept. 21.The complete de ...Continue Reading

 August 10, 2023 *Oklahoma, Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station*iss068e067414.jpgNASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured conducting maintenance tasks inside the International Space Station's Harmony module.*/Credits: NASA/*Students from Oklahoma and Texas will have separate opportunities this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.The two space-to-Earth calls will air live Monday, Aug. 14, on NASA Television, the NAS ...Continue Reading

 August 10, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-101*NASA to Host Media for Asteroid Capsule Drop Test Briefing in Utah*sample_return_training.jpgRecovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA�??s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under ...Continue Reading

 August 09, 2023 RELEASE 23-086*NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs for Earth Science, More*ksc-20200203-ph-kls01_0242large.jpgAutonomous systems need to be reliable, so NASA puts the code it develops through rigorous testing, like this Artemis I launch countdown training simulation, to avoid potential failures.*/Credits: NASA/*Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyze the petabytes of data produced by agency res ...Continue Reading

 August 07, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-099*NASA Sets Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station*roscomsos_spacewalk.jpgRoscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin conduct a six-hour and 25-minute spacewalk in their Orlan spacesuits to transfer a radiator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for future installation. The duo is pictured tethered to the Rassvet module with the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship docked at top.*/Credits: NASA/*NASA will provide live coverage b ...Continue Reading

 August 04, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-094*Louisiana Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station*jsc2023e047425_alt.jpgNASA astronaut Woody Hoburg (left) and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (right) will answer questions from Lake-Charles area students for Louisiana�??s first downlink with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.*/Credits: NASA/*As part of the state�??s first Earth-to-space call, students from Louisiana will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the Inter ...Continue Reading

 August 04, 2023 RELEASE 23-080*Space Station Assignments Out for NASA�??s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission*jsc2023e047425_alt.jpgNASA�??s SpaceX Crew-8 Crew Portrait*/Credits: NASA/*Four crew members now are assigned to launch on NASA�??s SpaceX Crew-8 mission for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station.NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, will join Expedition 70 ...Continue Reading

 August 03, 2023 RELEASE 23-085*NASA Selects Axiom Space for Another Private Space Mission in 2024*iss069e014837large.jpgThe SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is pictured docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Station's Harmony module. Dragon carried four Axiom Mission 2 astronauts to the orbital laboratory on May 22, 2023.*/Credits: NASA/*NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than August 2 ...Continue Reading

 August 01, 2023 RELEASE 23-082*Science, Hardware Launch on NASA�??s Northrop Grumman Cargo Mission*ng_19_launch.pngA Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of NASA science investigations and cargo after launching at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday from the agency�??s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.*/Credits: NASA/*A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pound ...Continue Reading

 August 01, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-098*Join NASA Administrator, Artemis II Moon Crew for Mission Update*artemis_ii_orion_july_2023.pngTechnicians work on the Orion crew module for NASA�??s Artemis II mission inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency�??s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.*/Credits: NASA/*NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the agency�??s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to provide Artemis II mission preparations and crew traini ...Continue Reading