NASA Selects New Leader of Space Technology Credit: NASA Clayton P. Turner will serve as the associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. His appointment is effective immediately. Turner has served as the acting associate administrator of STMD since July. In this role, Turner will continue to oversee executive leadership, strategic planning, and overall management of all technology maturation ...Continue Reading

NASA Receives 14th Consecutive �??Clean�?? Financial Audit Opinion Credit: NASA For the 14th consecutive year, NASA received an unmodified, or �??clean,�?� opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2024 financial statements. The rating is the best possible audit opinion, certifying that NASA�??s financial statements conform with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for federal agencies and accurately present the agency�??s financial position. The audit opinion reaffirms the agency�??s commitment to t ...Continue Reading

Nov. 14, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-039*   *NASA Awards Contract for NOAA�??s Space Weather Program* * * Credit: NASA   NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA�??s Space Weather Next program.   Once operational, the coronagraphs will provide critical data to NOAA�??s Space Weather Prediction Center, which issues forec ...Continue Reading

NASA, Peru Agree to Study Potential Sounding Rocket Campaign *Nov 14, 2024* *RELEASE 24-141* Peru's Vice Minister of Defense Policy César Medardo Torres Vega, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Director of Peru’s National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) Maj. Gen. Roberto Melgar Sheen meet in Lima, Peru, Nov. 14, 2024, where the U.S. and Peru signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to study a potential sounding rocket campaign. Credit: U.S. Embassy Peru NASA and Peru’s Nation ...Continue Reading

NASA Administrator to Visit, Sign Agreement with Peru�??s Space Agency Continuing his engagement to deepen international collaboration and promote the peaceful use of space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to Lima on Wednesday. Nelson will meet with Maj. Gen. Roberto Melgar Sheen, director of Peru�??s National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) Thursday, Nov. 14, and sign a non-binding memorandum of understanding to enhance space cooperation. The memorandum of understanding be ...Continue Reading

NASA Welcomes Denmark as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory *Nov 13, 2024* *RELEASE 24-139* Credit: NASA Following a signing ceremony Wednesday in Denmark’s capital city, Copenhagen, NASA embraced Denmark as the 48th nation to commit to the safe and responsible exploration of space that benefits humanity. “We welcome Denmark’s signing of the Artemis Accords today,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Denmark, as a founding member of the European Space Agency (ESA), has contributed to space exploration for decades, ...Continue Reading

Colorado Students to Connect with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station *Nov 12, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-145* (Oct. 25, 2024) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams is pictured at the galley inside the International Space Station’s Unity module at the beginning of her day. Credit: NASA Students from Colorado will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams answer their prerecorded questions aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, Nov. 14. Watch the 20- ...Continue Reading

*Attention Students: NASA Launches Power Systems Student Essay Contest *   Nov. 7, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-137* Twelve-year-old, Aadya Karthik of Seattle, Washington; nine-year-old, Rainie Lin of Lexington, Kentucky; and eighteen-year-old, Thomas Lui, winners of the 2023-2024 Power to Explore Student Writing Challenge observe testing at a NASA Glenn cleanroom during their prize trip to Cleveland. Credit: NASA NASA’s fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering ...Continue Reading

Nov. 4, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-138*   *NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station* * * The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off at 9:29 p.m. EST Monday, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credits: NASA   Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are ...Continue Reading

NASA�??s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission *Nov 01, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-144* NASA�??s SpaceX Crew-8 at the agency�??s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pictured left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps. Credit: SpaceX After spending 235 days in space, NASA�??s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a post-flight news conference at 3:15 p.m. EST ...Continue Reading