September 25th 2024 PST
NASA Sets Coverage for Agencyâs SpaceX Crew-9 Launch, Docking *Sep 25, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-131* NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov walk across the crew access arm at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit: SpaceX NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agencyâs SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT, ...Continue Reading
September 23rd 2024 PST
Sept. 23, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-121* *NASA, US Department of Education Bring STEM to After-School Programs * Office of STEM Engagement Deputy Associate Administrator Kris Brown, right, and U.S. Department of Education Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten, left, watch as a student operates a robot during a STEM event to kickoff the 21st Century Community Learning Centers NASA and U.S. Department of Education partnership, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, at Wheatley Education Campus in Washington. Students engaged in NASA ha ...Continue Reading
September 23rd 2024 PST
US, Republic of Korea Sign Statement to Advance Aerospace Cooperation *Sep 23, 2024* *RELEASE 24-115* Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, sign a Joint Statement following a bilateral meeting Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber NASA and the Republic of Korea’s newly created Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) signed a joint statement of intent Thursday aff ...Continue Reading
September 23rd 2024 PST
NASA Selects Launch Provider for New NOAA Environmental Satellite *Sep 23, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-036* Credit: NASA NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) QuickSounder mission. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. This contract allows the agency to make fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awa ...Continue Reading
September 23rd 2024 PST
NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station *Sep 23, 2024* *RELEASE 24-122* NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, return to Earth after completing their mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson completed a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Monday, returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. The trio departed the space sta ...Continue Reading
September 20th 2024 PST
NASA Awards $1.5 Million at Watts on the Moon Challenge Finale *Sep 20, 2024* *RELEASE 24-120* Team H.E.L.P.S. (High Efficiency Long-Range Power Solution) from The University of California, Santa Barbara won the $1 million grand prize in NASA’s Watts on the Moon Challenge. Their team developed a low-mass, high efficiency cable and featured energy storage batteries on both ends of their power transmission and energy storage system. Credit: NASA/GRC/Sara Lowthian-Hanna NASA has awarded a total of $1.5 million to two U ...Continue Reading
September 19th 2024 PST
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return *Sep 19, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-130* The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s Prichal module in this long-duration photograph as it orbited 258 miles above Nigeria. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will depart from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, and return to Earth. Dyson, Chub, an ...Continue Reading
September 19th 2024 PST
Sept. 19, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-116* * * *NASA Grants to Strengthen Diversity in Engineering, STEM Fields* * * Students participating in NASA’s Minority University Research AND Education Project (MUREP) Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition on-site experience. Credit: Josh Valcarcel * * NASA is awarding $7.2 million to six minority-serving institutions to grow initiatives in engineering-related disciplines and fields for learners who have historically been underrepresented and underserved in ...Continue Reading
September 18th 2024 PST
NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Remarks *Sep 18, 2024* *RELEASE 24-119* On Sept. 18, 2024, five Congressional Gold Medals were awarded to women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency’s Apollo Program. Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released his remarks as prepared for Wednesday’s Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards recognized the women who ...Continue Reading
September 18th 2024 PST
*NASA, US Department of Education to Launch STEM Project in Washington* *Sep 18, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-129* Students are recognized for their hard work in STEM-related extended-day programs at their school through a partnership with NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Credit: NASA Media are invited to the kickoff event of a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Department of Education at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, at the Wheatley Education Campus in Washington. The interagency project,  ...Continue Reading
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