March 02, 2018 RELEASE 18-012*NASA, ULA Launch Advanced NOAA Weather Satellite* A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S. Liftoff was at 5:02 p.m. EST. GOES-S is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* NASA successfully launched the second in a series of next-generation weather satellites for t ...Continue Reading

February 21, 2018 RELEASE 04-18*NASA Women Take Part in Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day* Female scientists and technical experts from across NASA will celebrate Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on Feb. 22 by taking to the agency’s Digital Expansion to Engage the Public (DEEP) network and connecting with thousands of students throughout the U.S. and elsewhere. Anchored by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, DEEP will provide classrooms with live access to women from around the agency who are leaders in their fie ...Continue Reading

February 20, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M03-18*NOAA's GOES-S Briefings and Events* Technicians and engineers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, prepare NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) for encapsulation in its payload fairing on Jan. 16, 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett *//* The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) is scheduled to launch on Thursday, March 1, from Cape Canaveral ...Continue Reading

February 19, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-031*NASA to Host National Space Council Meeting at Kennedy Space Center* NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a meeting of the National Space Council, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday, Feb. 21. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the meeting beginning at 10 a.m. EST. Media are invited to cover the vice president’s arrival on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility and the council meeting on Wedn ...Continue Reading

February 15, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-032*NASA Invites Media to Upcoming Space Station Cargo Launch* SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is positioned for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 on Dec. 15, 2017, for the company’s 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/Bob Granath /* Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of supplies and equipment, including science investig ...Continue Reading

February 14, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M02-18*NASA Invites Media to View TESS Spacecraft * The fully integrated Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will launch in 2018 to find thousands of new planets orbiting other stars. */Credits: Orbital ATK /* Media are invited to view the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. TESS is the next step in the search for planets outside of the s ...Continue Reading

January 29, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-019*NASA Invites Media to Upcoming NOAA GOES-S Satellite Launch * This illustration depicts NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), which is scheduled to launch March 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA oversees the acquisition of the spacecraft, instruments and launch vehicles for the GOES-R Series program. */Credits: Lockheed Martin/* Media accreditation is open for the launch Thursday, March 1, of the second in the Natio ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M01-18*NASA, 45th Space Wing Invite Media to 60-Year Anniversary of Explorer 1 Launch* The United States' first satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit by a Jupiter C rocket on Jan. 31, 1958. Explorer 1 confirmed existence of high-radiation bands above the Earth's atmosphere. */Credits: NASA/* Members of the media are invited to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Explorer 1 launch at 2 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum on Cape C ...Continue Reading

January 09, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-006*NASA Invites Media to View Orion Test Capsule, Recovery Hardware* U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a Zodiac boat secure a harness around a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test (URT) 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA and the U.S. Navy will conduct its sixth test Jan. 17-23 for recovery of the agency’s Orion spacecraft from the sea in preparation for its first uncrewed flight on the Space Launch System rocket. * ...Continue Reading

January 08, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-007*NASA Invites Media to See NOAA Weather Spacecraft Before March Launch* At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, technicians and engineers move NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) into a clean room for further processing. */Credits: NASA/Leif Heimbold /* Download high-resolution image here. Media are invited to view the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), the second in the National Oceanic and At ...Continue Reading