NASA Awards Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract *Dec 13, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-045* Credit: NASA NASA has selected FedSync-BFS, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, to provide administrative services for multiple NASA centers. The Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract is a firm-fixed-price and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a value not to exceed $200 million during a five-year ordering period. The performance period begins April 1, 2025. Contracted work will t ...Continue Reading

NASA Outlines Latest Moon to Mars Plans in 2024 Architecture Update *Dec 13, 2024* *RELEASE 24-149* An artist’s concept of the Earth, Moon, and Mars. Credit: NASA As NASA develops a blueprint for space exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency released several new documents Friday updating its Moon to Mars architecture. The roadmap sets NASA on course for long-term lunar exploration under the Artemis campaign in preparation for future crewed missio ...Continue Reading

Artemis Accords Reach 50 Signatories as NASA Welcomes Panama, Austria NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn, right, look on as Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America Petra Schneebauer, signs the Artemis Accords, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Austria is t ...Continue Reading

Space Meets Sound: NASA Lands in 2024 Spotify Wrapped *Dec 10, 2024* *RELEASE 24-146* NASA’s podcasts let you experience the thrill of space exploration without ever leaving Earth. Credit: NASA NASA’s audio storytelling reached new frontiers in 2024, with Spotify Wrapped revealing the agency’s podcasts as a favorite among listeners worldwide. In celebration of the milestone, NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke with Spotify about what space sounded like this year. “Music is one of those things that connects us to the pl ...Continue Reading

NASA to Discuss Firefly’s First Robotic Artemis Moon Flight *Dec 10, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORYM24-155* As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side. Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 17, to discuss the agency science an ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather Program *Dec 09, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-044* Credit: NASA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build the Next-Generation Space Weather Magnetometer for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is valued at approximately $26.1 million and includ ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to Panama, Austria Artemis Accords Signings *Dec 09, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-153* Panama and Austria are expected to sign the Artemis Accords to reach 50 signatories on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. The commitments of the Artemis Accords and efforts by the signatories to advance implementation of these principles support the safe and sustainable exploration of space. Credit: NASA Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. On Wednesday, Dec. 11, Panama and Austria will ...Continue Reading

Dec. 9, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-151* * * *NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from US Students Abroad* * * NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 15, 2024. (Credit: NASA) * * Students from U.S. military families based overseas will have the chance to hear NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions.   On Wednesday, Dec. 11, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams will respond to question ...Continue Reading

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024 *Dec 06, 2024* *RELEASE 24-144* A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase its momentum. With help of these “gravity assists,” Europa Clipper will achie ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract *Dec 06, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-043* Credit: NASA NASA has selected Nova Space Solutions, LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide operations, services, maintenance, and infrastructure support for NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The Combined Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, and indef ...Continue Reading