March 28, 2024 *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-011 *   *NASA Selects Construction Management Services Acquisition Contractor* * * NASA has selected small business Firelake-Arrowhead NASA Services Joint Venture of Lawrence, Kansas, to acquire construction management, inspection, surveying, and testing services at NASA centers across the country.   The Construction Management, Inspection, Surveying, and Testing (CMIST-II) contract was competed as a Small Business 8(a) set-aside, and the maximum contract value is a ...Continue Reading

March 27, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24**-048*   *NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission* * * NASA astronaut Don Pettit poses for a crew portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. NASA   During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 71/72 crew. After blasting off to space, Pettit will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare crew ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment *MAR 26, 2024* *RELEASE 24-047* Artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface. Credits: NASA NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific data about the lunar environment, the lunar interior, and how to sustain a long-duration human ...Continue Reading

March 23, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-044* * * *NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson, Crewmates Safely En Route to Space Station*** * * **** * * The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, onboard, Saturday, March 23, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA/Bill Ingalls * * * * Three crew members including NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson ...Continue Reading

NASA, Agencies to Brief Plans for April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse *MAR 22, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-045* A person watches the annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, in Kerrville, Texas. Credits: NASA Millions of people across North America will experience a rare celestial sight on Monday, April 8: a total solar eclipse. NASA will host a media briefing with other government agencies at 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 26, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The briefing will air live on NASA+, NASA Television, ...Continue Reading

Following Safe Return, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 to Recount Space Mission *MAR 20, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-043* The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after landing in the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 2024. Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky After spending 199 days in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 2:30 p ...Continue Reading

NASA to Select Lunar Terrain Vehicle for Artemis Missions *MAR 19, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-042* Artist’s concept of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle on the surface of the Moon. Credits: NASA NASA will host a news conference to announce the company, or companies, selected to move forward in developing the LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle), which will help Artemis astronauts explore more of the Moon’s surface on future missions. The televised event will take place at 4 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. CDT), Wednesday, April 3, at the ag ...Continue Reading

*NASA’s Curious Universe Podcast Unveils New Sun + Eclipse Series*** * * March 19, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-041* Credit: NASA   NASA released Tuesday the first episode of a new six-part podcast series for first-time space explorers to learn about the Sun. Ahead of the total solar eclipse in April, NASA’s Sun + Eclipse Series will focus on the sphere full of swirling magnetic fields and explosions of hot gases.   New episodes will post every Tuesday through April 23. The fir ...Continue Reading

*From:* Dooren, Jennifer M. (HQ-NA020) *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2024 10:20 AM *To:* NASA News Releases <hqnews@newsletters.nasa.gov> *Subject:* NASA Administrator, Health Secretary to Host Cancer Moonshot Event March 19, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-044*   *NASA Administrator, Health Secretary to Host Cancer Moonshot Event* NASA logo * *   Media are invited to join NASA and Department of Health and Human Services leadership at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, at NASA Headquarters in Was ...Continue Reading

NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Space Pioneer Thomas Stafford  *MAR 18, 2024* *RELEASE 24-042* (1966) — Portrait of astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, wearing his spacesuit. Credits: NASA The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday’s passing of Thomas Stafford, a lifelong space exploration advocate, former NASA astronaut, and U.S. Air Force general:  “Today, General Tom Stafford went to the eternal heavens, which he so courageously explored as a Gemini and Apollo astronaut as ...Continue Reading