December 11, 2020 CONTRACT RELEASE C20-031*NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 Contract* NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded multiple Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) contracts to launch small satellites (SmallSats) to space, including CubeSats, microsats or nanosatellites. The three companies selected to provide these commercial launch capabilities, and the value of their firm fixed-price contracts, are: [*]Astra Space ...Continue Reading

December 06, 2020 RELEASE 20-122*NASA Science, New Airlock Heads to Space Station on SpaceX Cargo Spacecraft* SpaceX CRS-21 Launch SpaceX launched its 21st commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station at 11:17 a.m. EST Dec. 6, 2020, from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: NASA Television/* The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 6,400 pounds of science investigations, a new airlock, and oth ...Continue Reading

  November 23, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M020-17*NASA Invites Media to Capture Rocket Boosters Ahead of Artemis I Launch* ksc-20200623-ph-jbs01_0088_orig.jpg Inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians lift the right aft motor segment – one of five segments that make up one of two solid rocket boosters for the agency’s Space Launch System – onto an inspection stand on June 23, 2020. */Credits: NASA/B ...Continue Reading

  November 21, 2020 RELEASE 20-116*NASA, US and European Partners Launch Mission to Monitor Global Ocean* Sentinel-6_Michael_Freilich_liftoff_screenshot.png The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean observation satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST) Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. */Credits: NASA TV/* A joint U.S.-European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a ...Continue Reading

  November 17, 2020 CONTRACT RELEASE M020-16*NASA Awards Kennedy Facilities Engineering Support Services III Contract* NASA has selected Tesla Laboratories Inc. of Arlington, Virginia, to provide project management, project planning and validation, real property management, launch support, and systems maintenance engineering for assigned facilities, systems, equipment, and utilities. The NASA Kennedy Facilities Engineering Support Services III (KFESS III) blanket purchase agreement with firm ...Continue Reading

  November 05, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M020-15 *NASA Invites Media to View Orion as It Advances on the Path to the Pad for Artemis I* saj_fairing_install_main.jpg The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission is in view inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay on Oct. 28. Attached below Orion are the crew module adapter and the European Service Module with spacecraft adapter jettison fairings installed. */Credits: NASA/Ben Smegelsky/* NASA invites med ...Continue Reading

  October 05, 2020 RELEASE M020-14 *NASA Releases Latest CubeSat Launch Initiative Announcement of Opportunity* announcement2.jpg */Credits: NASA/* Accredited education institutions, nonprofit organizations and NASA Centers can join the adventure and challenges of space while helping the agency achieve its exploration goals through the next round of the NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Applicants must submit proposals by 4:30 p.m. EST, December 16, 2020.  Studen ...Continue Reading

  September 28, 2020 RELEASE M020-13*NASA’s Artemis Program Seeks Student Ideas for Innovative Technologies* sp-2020-08-776-ksc_nasa_minds_web_banner_graphic.png NASA MINDS is a hands-on, design-and-build collegiate learning experience. Participating teams will independently select a technology that is relevant to NASA's Artemis missions, allowing students to focus on technologies that interest and inspire them most. */Credits: NASA/* NASA's Minority University Rese ...Continue Reading

  September 18, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-103*NASA Invites Media to Launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite from West Coast* Media accreditation is open for the launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, an international collaboration between NASA and several partners. This is the first of two identical satellites to be launched sequentially to continue observations of sea level change for at least the next decade. The spacecraft is targeted for liftoff Nov. 10 at 2:31 p.m. ES ...Continue Reading

September 17, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-100*NASA to Host Preview Briefings, Interviews for First Crew Rotation Mission with SpaceX * 50237582937_409d83e018_k.jpg The SpaceX Crew-1 official crew portrait with (from left) NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will highlight the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station with a ...Continue Reading