NASA Science, Hardware on Northrop Grumman Mission En Route to Station *JAN 30, 2024* NASA science investigations and cargo aboard a Northrop Grumman resupply spacecraft are on the way to the International Space Station. Launch occurred at 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, on the NASA+ streaming service. Coverage also will air l ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract to Support Agency Enterprise Service Center *JAN 29, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-004* NASA has selected Inspiritec Inc. of Philadelphia, to provide contractor support for the Shared Services Center at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract allows for special project task orders at either the firm-fixed-price or based on level of effort. The contract includes a 60-day transition period beginning on Thursday, Feb. 1, f ...Continue Reading

NASA Space Tech Spinoffs Benefit Earth Medicine, Moon to Mars Tools *JAN 29, 2024* *RELEASE 24-015* Caption: Squishy Robotics’ Tensegrity Sensor Robots help first responders determine their approach to a disaster scene. Firefighters used the robots during a subway attack exercise at the 2021 Unmanned Tactical Application Conference to detect gas leaks and other hazards. Credits: FLYMOTION LLC As NASA innovates for the benefit of all, what the agency develops for exploration has the potential to evolve into other te ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Contract for Aviation, Railroad Safety Reporting Systems *JAN 26, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-002* NASA NASA has awarded a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Virginia, for the maintenance and operation of incident reporting programs and continuing development to improve current and future reporting systems. The Aviation Safety Reporting System and Related Systems award is a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract managed by the Human Systems Integration Divisio ...Continue Reading

NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2023 Annual Report *JAN 25, 2024* *RELEASE 24-010* The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2023 annual report Thursday examining the agency’s safety performance, accomplishments, and challenges over the past year.  The report highlights 2023 activities and observations on NASA’s: Strategic Vision and Guiding Principles Agency Governance M ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cargo Space Station Mission *JAN 24, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-017* Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft is pictured from the International Space Station as it approaches while orbiting 261 miles above the coast of the Garabogazköl Basin in Turkmenistan. NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for the ...Continue Reading

Jan. 24, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-016*   *NASA, Sierra Space Invite Media to See Spaceplane for Cargo Missions* * * NASA and Sierra Space team members move the Dream Chaser spaceplane into NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Credits: Sierra Space/Shay Saldana   As part of NASA's efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, media are invited to view Sierra Space’s uncrewed commercial spaceplane ahead of its first demonstration flight for the agency to the Interna ...Continue Reading

NASA Welcomes Belgium as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory *JAN 24, 2024* *RELEASE 24-016* From left to right: Tim Richardson, chargé d’affaires, U.S. Embassy Belgium, Raphaël Liégeois, Belgian astronaut, Thomas Dermine, Belgian secretary of state for science policy, Hadja Lahbib, Belgian minister of foreign affairs, and Frank De Winne, Belgian astronaut, during the Artemis Accords signing ceremony in Brussels. Credits: Nathan De Fortunato During a ceremony at the Museum of Fin ...Continue Reading

NASA Invites Media to First Intuitive Machines, SpaceX Moon Launch *JAN 22, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-011* The Nova-C lunar lander is seen in the high bay of Intuitive Machines Headquarters in Houston, before it shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for integration with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Credit: Intuitive Machines As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis ...Continue Reading

NASA to Observe Day of Remembrance, Host Employee Safety Town Hall  Roxana Bardan *JAN 19, 2024* *RELEASE 24-014 * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial during NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) In honor of the members of the NAS ...Continue Reading