November 16th 2017 PDT
 November 16, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-136*NASA Launch of NOAA Weather Satellite Rescheduled for Nov. 18* The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta II carrying the NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, has been rescheduled for 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST), Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. */Credits: NASA/Glenn Benson/* The launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, the first in a new series o ...Continue Reading
November 8th 2017 PDT
 November 08, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-17*JPSS-1 Now Scheduled for Nov. 14* This illustration depicts the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft designed to provide forecasters with crucial environmental science data to provide a better understanding of changes in the Earth's weather, oceans and climate. */Credits: Ball Aerospace/* The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), the first in a new series of four highly advanced National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( ...Continue Reading
November 1st 2017 PDT
 November 01, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-130*Briefings, NASA Television Coverage Set for Launch of NOAA Weather Satellite* This illustration depicts the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft designed to provide forecasters with crucial environmental science data to provide a better understanding of changes in the Earth's weather, oceans and climate. */Credits: Ball Aerospace/* Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA are preparing fo ...Continue Reading
October 31st 2017 PDT
 October 26, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-126*NASA Invites Media to Upcoming Space Station Cargo Launch* The Canadarm2 robotic arm grapples the SpaceX Dragon Commercial Resupply Services-6 cargo spacecraft before attaching it to the International Space Station. NASA is targeting no earlier than December for the company’s 13th cargo mission to the space station, using the refurbished Dragon capsule from the CRS-6 mission. */Credits: NASA/Terry Virts /* Media accreditation is open for ...Continue Reading
October 19th 2017 PDT
 October 19, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-036*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Landsat 9 Mission* *//* NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the Landsat 9 mission. The mission is currently targeted for a contract launch date of June 2021, while protecting for the ability to launch as early as December 2020, on an Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The total cos ...Continue Reading
October 19th 2017 PDT
 October 19, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-035*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6A Mission* *//* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6A mission. Launch is currently targeted for November 2020, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The total cost for NASA to launch Sentinel-6A is approximately $97 million, which i ...Continue Reading
October 6th 2017 PDT
 October 06, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-17*JPSS-1 Briefings and Events* The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), the first in a new series of four highly advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites that will help increase weather forecast accuracy from three to seven days out, is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. */Credits: NOAA/* The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), the first in a new series of four highly advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites, whi ...Continue Reading
September 29th 2017 PDT
 September 29, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-035*NASA Awards Contract for Integration, Launch Services of U-Class Payloads* NASA Kennedy Space Center has selected Spaceflight Inc. to provide integration and launch services for U-Class payloads. This is a firm-fixed-price contract for base launch services in 2018 of 24 payloads, with options to provide launch services for up to 24 additional payloads in 2019 and 2020. The potential total contract value is $5,484,000. U-Class payloads are miniatu ...Continue Reading
August 18th 2017 PDT
 August 18, 2017 RELEASE 17-073*NASA Successfully Launches Latest Communications Satellite* NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), which is the third and final in a series of next generation communications satellites, has successfully been placed into orbit following separation from an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), which is the third and final in a series of next generation ...Continue Reading
August 17th 2017 PDT
 August 17, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-17*NASA Invites Media to Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence Demonstration* NASA will fly an F-18 research aircraft, pictured here taxiing to the runway from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., to produce sonic booms over Kennedy Space Center. The sonic booms will be recorded by equipment both in the air and on the ground, providing NASA researchers with data to help them better understand the impact of atmospheric turbule ...Continue Reading
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