NASA Invites Media to Watch Artemis II Rocket Adapter Roll Out *Aug 14, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-111* Crews are preparing to move a key adapter for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket out of Marshall Space Flight Center’s Building 4708 to the agency’s Pegasus barge. The cone-shaped launch vehicle stage adapter connects the rocket’s core stage to the upper stage and helps protect the upper stage’s engine that will help propel the Artemis II mission around the Moon. Credits: Sam Lott/NASA To mark progress toward the fi ...Continue Reading

NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development *Aug. 14, 2024* * * *RELEASE 24-105* Credit: NASA NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency’s MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM wi ...Continue Reading

NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update *Aug 13, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-112* Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. Credit: NASA NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner spacecraft’s readiness in advan ...Continue Reading

*Aug. 12, 2024* * * *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-108* *NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 89 Launch, Space Station Docking* The Progress 86 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Poisk module on Dec. 3, 2023, ahead of its docking. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft is sched ...Continue Reading

NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews *Aug 09, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-109* NASA astronaut Don Pettit during crew qualification exams at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Credits: GCTC/Roscosmos NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to discuss his upcoming mission to the International Space Station in September. The virtual interviews will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agen ...Continue Reading

NASA Mission Concludes After Years of Successful Asteroid Detections *Aug 08, 2024* *RELEASE 24-100* This final image captured by NASA’s NEOWISE shows part of the Fornax constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. Processed by IPAC at Caltech, this is the mission’s 26,886,704th exposure. It was taken by the spacecraft just before 3 a.m. EDT on Aug. 1, when the mission’s survey ended. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC/UCLA Engineers on NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission commande ...Continue Reading

Aug. 8, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-104* *Calling All Innovators: Apply for NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge * * * A college team dressed in protective clean room suits prepares their robotic rover to compete in the final round of NASA’s annual Lunabotics competition on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Teams score points when their rover completes challenging tasks inside the Artemis Arena – a simulated lunar landscape inside The Astronauts Memorial Foundationâ ...Continue Reading

NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test, Space Station Missions Update *Aug 06, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-107* The International Space Station was pictured flying 263 miles above the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 7, to discuss ongoing International Space Station operations, including the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.   Audio of the briefing will stream live on NASA’s website. Agenc ...Continue Reading

NASA Seeks Student Missions to Send to Space in 2026, Beyond *Aug 05, 2024* *RELEASE 24-102* Technicians with the University of Kansas prepare their KUbeSat-1 for integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Credit: NASA NASA announced a new round of opportunities for CubeSat, developers to build spacecrafts on that will fly on upcoming launches through the agency’s CSLI (CubeSat Launch Initiative). CubeSats ...Continue Reading

Aug. 5, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-101* * * *NASA Engagement Platform Brings Experts to Classrooms, Communities* * * NASA Technical Group Supervisor for Sequence Planning and Execution and Tactical Mission Lead for the Mars Perseverance rover, Diana Trujillo, speaks to students at Rolling Terrace Elementary School, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Takoma Park, Maryland. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) NASA/Aubrey Gemignani * * With a new school year on the horizon, NASA is introducing a platform to conne ...Continue Reading