*UPDATE: Earth to Space Call: NASA Leaders to Speak with Station Astronauts* *JAN 2, 2025* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-157* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, react as they are recognized by employees during a NASA agencywide all hands on Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Suni ...Continue Reading

Earth to Space Call: NASA Leaders to Speak with Station Astronauts *Dec 30, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-157* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, react as they are recognized by employees during a NASA agencywide all hands on Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams ...Continue Reading

Dec. 29, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-154*   *NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to President Carter* * * President Carter, wife Rosalynn and daughter Amy are shown a scale model of the crawler that transported the total shuttle launch configuration to Pad 39 from the Vehicle Assembly Building by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Lee Scherer in 1978. NASA * *   The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Sunday’s passing of President Jimmy Carter:   “President Carter& ...Continue Reading

Dec. 20, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-047* * * *NASA Selects Four Commercial Companies to Support Near Space Network* * * * * NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to ground stations on Earth.   The work will be awarded under new Near Space Network services contracts that are firm-fixed-price, inde ...Continue Reading

NASA Welcomes Liechtenstein as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory From left to right, Ambassador of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United States of America Georg Sparber, Director of the Office for Communications of the Principality of Liechtenstein Dr. Rainer Schnepfleitner, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation and to the Principality of Liechtenstein Scott Miller, pose for a group photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, ...Continue Reading

More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight *Dec 18, 2024* *RELEASE 24-152* A rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and a rover developed for the company’s third mission to the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to the lunar surface. This fourth task order for Firef ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk 63 Outside Space Station Caption: Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub from Roscosmos is pictured during a spacewalk to inspect a backup radiator, deploy a nanosatellite, and install communications hardware on the International Space Station’s Nauka science module. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19. NASA’s live coverage begins at 9:45 ...Continue Reading

NASA Finalizes Strategy for Sustaining Human Presence in Low Earth Orbit Caption: An artist’s concept of the International Space Station orbiting Earth. In the distance is the Moon, and a red star representing Mars. Credit: NASA As part of the agency’s efforts to enable broader use of space, NASA has released its final goals and objectives for low Earth orbit, defining the long-term approach toward advancing microgravity science, technology, and exploration for the benefit of all. Developed with input from a ...Continue Reading

NASA Welcomes Thailand as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory From left to right, Thailand’s Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Supamas Isarabhakdi, Executive Director of GISTDA Pakorn Apaphant, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Robert Godec, and Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk, Chairman of GISTDA, pose for a photo after the signing of the Artemis Accords at a signing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Credit: State Department Following a signing ceremony Monday in Thailand’s capi ...Continue Reading

Dec. 16, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-151* * * *NASA Names New Leader of STEM Engagement* * * Portrait, Elaine Ho, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) * * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Elaine P. Ho will serve as the next associate administrator of NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), where she will lead the agency’s efforts to inspire Artemis Generation students and educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathe ...Continue Reading