NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology JAN 16, 2024 *RELEASE 24-009* * * Kurt Vogel portrait, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)   Dr. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel will serve as the new associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday. His appointment is effective immediately. Vogel succeeds James Reuter, w ...Continue Reading

NASA to Join Astrobotic’s Media Call on Peregrine Mission One Status *JAN 12, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-010* NASA NASA will join an Astrobotic media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 18, to discuss updates on their Peregrine Mission One, which is carrying science for the agency as part of its Commercial Lunar Provider Services (CLPS) initiative. The audio-only teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website. Following a successful launch on Jan. 8, Astr ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects 12 Companies for Space Station Services Contract *JAN 12, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-001* NASA NASA has selected 12 companies to provide research, engineering, and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program. The $478 million Research, Engineering & Mission Integration Services-2 or REMIS-2 contract will support the work of the International Space Station Program based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The companies will provide spaceflight, ground hardware a ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-002*   *NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft* NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the apron outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to address one of the primary challenges to supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works   NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet ...Continue Reading

NASA to Brief Media on Climate Mission to Study Ocean Life, Air *JAN 11, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-009* NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, seen here in an artist’s concept, is scheduled to launch no earlier than Feb. 6, 2024, to study Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate. NASA/Conceptual Image Laboratory NASA will host a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 17, to discuss the upcoming launch and science objectives of the agency’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-008* * * *NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 3 Briefing, Events, Broadcast* The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is pictured docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module. * * NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.   Liftoff of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) is scheduled for 5:11 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan ...Continue Reading

California Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station *JAN 11, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-007* (Nov. 11, 2023) — NASA astronauts and Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Jasmin Moghbeli, left, and Loral O’Hara, work inside the Destiny laboratory module following the successful docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA Students from Emblem Academy in Santa Clarita, California, will have an opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts living and working aboard the Int ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-007* * * *NASA, US Department of Commerce Expand Minority Business Efforts*** * * **** NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speaks with Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development, Donald Cravins, Jr., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA/Aubrey Gemignani * * NASA and the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Dec. ...Continue Reading

NASA Shares Progress Toward Early Artemis Moon Missions with Crew *JAN 09, 2024* *RELEASE 24-006* Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman walk out of Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Artemis crew transportation vehicles prior to traveling to Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated ground systems test at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesd ...Continue Reading

Jan. 8, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-005*   *NASA, NOAA to Announce 2023 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions* This map depicts global temperature anomalies for meteorological summer in 2023 (June, July, and August). It shows how much warmer or cooler different regions of Earth were compared to the baseline average from 1951 to 1980. Climate researchers from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) will release their annual assessments of global temperatures and discuss the major ...Continue Reading