var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 16, 2014 * NASA Awards Liquid Nitrogen and Liquid Oxygen Contract to PRAXAIR Inc. * NASA has awarded a contract to PRAXAIR Inc. of Danbury, Connecticut, to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen to NASA’s Ames Research Center, California, and Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The firm-f ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 16, 2014 * NASA's OCO-2 Observatory Ready for Launch * The launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission (OCO-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California, is scheduled for Tuesday, July 1.  Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 2 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is targe ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 12, 2014 * Media Invited to View Orion Flight Test Prelaunch Progress with NASA Administrator * With just six months until its first trip to space, NASA’s Orion spacecraft is taking shape at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media are invited to a status update on Orion and to see the spacecraft alongside NASA ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 11, 2014 * NASA Selects Five Projects for 2015 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge * NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation have selected five universities to design systems, concepts and technologies to enhance capabilities for deep space missions for the 2015 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge. The ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 10, 2014 * NASA's Orion Spacecraft Stacks Up for First Flight * With just six months until its first trip to space, NASA’s Orion spacecraft continues taking shape at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers began stacking the crew module on top of the completed service module Monday, the first step in movin ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 9, 2014 * NASA Announces Briefing on New Mission to Track Global Carbon Dioxide * NASA will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 12, at the NASA Headquarters James E. Webb Auditorium in Washington to discuss the upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission. The briefings will be broadcast live on NASA Television a ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 5, 2014 * NASA's Orion Spacecraft is Ready to Feel the Heat * NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers have installed the largest heat shield ever constructed on the crew module of the agency's Orion spacecraft. The work marks a major milestone on the path toward the spacecraft's first launch in December. "It is extremely exciting ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option May 30, 2014 * NASA and Industry Complete First Phase to Certify New Crew Transportation Systems * Development is Major Step toward Returning Human Space Launches to U.S. Soil NASA's Commercial Crew Program and industry have completed the first step in the certification process that will enable American-made commercial spacecraft safe ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option May 27, 2014 * NASA Seeks Input on Kennedy Space Center Land Use * NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is conducting market research on the potential lease and development of land assets that will enable the center to continue its transformation to a multi-user spaceport. The transformation is based on effectively utilizing land assets ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option May 19, 2014 * From Wind Tunnel Tests to Software Reviews, NASA's Commercial Crew Partners Continue to Advance * Progress Being Made to Return Space Launches to U.S. Soil Working in wind tunnels, software laboratories and work stations across America, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partners continue to makeÂ&nb ...Continue Reading