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 launch of the next SpaceX comm ...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 cost for NASA to launch L ...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 includes the launch ser ...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, which will help increase ...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 miniature space research sate ...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 communications satellites, has succes ...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 turbulence on sonic booms. NASA’s F-1 ...Continue Reading
August 15th 2017 PDT
August 15, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-025*NASA Awards Contract for Infrastructure, Applications, Communications * NASA has awarded the Kennedy Infrastructure, Applications and Communication (KIAC) contract to ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLC of Beltsville, Maryland. KIAC is a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract with FFP and labor hour indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity components. The contract has a two-year base period followed by one two-year option and one one-year option. If all options are exercised, the m ...Continue Reading
August 15th 2017 PDT
August 15, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M14-17*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Communications Satellite* Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M is the latest spacecraft destined for the agency's constellation of communications satellites that allows nearly continuous contact with orbiting spacecraft ranging from the International Space Station and Hubble Space Telescope to the array of scientific observatories. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* NASA is targeting 8:03 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 18, for the launch of its ...Continue Reading
August 14th 2017 PDT
August 14, 2017 RELEASE 17-072*NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission* SpaceX launched its 12th resupply mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:31 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. */Credits: NASA Television/* Experiments seeking a better understanding of Parkinson’s disease and the origin of cosmic rays are on their way to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft following today’s 12:31 p.m. EDT laun ...Continue Reading
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