November 04, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M021-10*NASA Invites Media to View Artemis I Orion Test Capsule and Recovery Hardware* ksc_20181101_ph_awg01_0057_large.jpg U.S. Navy divers prepare to attach the "front porch" to a test version of the Orion capsule on Nov. 1, 2018, as part of Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) in the open water of the Pacific Ocean. Nearby is the USS John P. Murtha. Orion was towed into the ship's well deck. There are two large, orange mockup uprighting bags in this view, but when Orion ...Continue Reading

October 22, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-135 *NASA Invites Media to Launch of IXPE Mission to Study X-rays in Space* casa_elements.jpg Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a supernova remnant, is one object that NASA’s IXPE mission will study. */Credits: NASA/CXC/SAO/* Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, which will measure polarized X-rays from exotic cosmic objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, to better understand these types of phenomena and e ...Continue Reading

October 21, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-134*Coverage Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Briefings, Events, Broadcasts* 51584033992_a86f8326d8_o.jpg The astronauts of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission pose for a portrait in their spacesuits during a training session. From left are: NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Thomas Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer. */Credits: SpaceX /* NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Cr ...Continue Reading

October 22, 2021 RELEASE 21-139*NASA Completes Mega-Moon Rocket Stacking, Invites Media to Learn More* NASA has completed stacking of the agency’s mega-Moon rocket and spacecraft that will launch the next generation of deep space operations, including Artemis missions on and around the Moon. Engineers and technicians successfully secured the Orion spacecraft atop the fully assembled Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before midnight Oct. 21.   NASA co ...Continue Reading

October 06, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-126 *NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Lucy Launch* final_lucy_high-end-render_pira.jpg Artist’s illustration of the Lucy concept. */Credits: Southwest Research Institute/* NASA will provide coverage of upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for Lucy, the agency’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.  Lucy is scheduled to launch no earlier than 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 16, on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 roc ...Continue Reading

October 04, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-125 *NASA Invites Media to Launch of Double Asteroid Redirection Test* dart_header.jpg Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system. */Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins, APL/Steve Gribben/* Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, an evaluation of technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from striking Earth. DART is ...Continue Reading

September 24, 2021 RELEASE M21-09*NASA Seeks Input from Potential Partners on Next Generation Astromobile* astrovan.jpg The Astrovan used during the Space Shuttle Program is on display inside the Atlantis exhibit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. */Credits: NASA/* When astronauts journey to the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket beginning with the Artemis II mission, they will travel by more traditional ground transport as they head to the launch pad to ...Continue Reading

September 21, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-027*NASA Awards Orion Main Engine Contract for Future Artemis Missions* NASA has awarded a contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. of Redmond, Washington, for the development of the Orion Main Engine (OME), which will be used on the Orion spacecraft as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The contract includes certification of the OME design, production, and special studies and tasks. It is a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-pric ...Continue Reading

September 14, 2021 MEDIA ADVISORY M021-07*NASA Invites Media to View Lucy Spacecraft Before October Launch* *//* Media are invited to view the Lucy spacecraft Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. EDT at the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida. Media will have an opportunity to photograph Lucy, the first spacecraft to study the Trojan asteroids, and interview project and program officials. Media interested in attending this event must apply by 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, ...Continue Reading

September 10, 2021 CONTRACT RELEASE C21-025*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for GOES-U Mission* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission. GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather ...Continue Reading