NASA Welcomes Uruguay Foreign Minister for Artemis Accords Signing *FEB 15, 2024* *RELEASE24-029* From left to right, Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States Andrés Augusto Durán Hareau, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Kevin Sullivan, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Uruguay i ...Continue Reading

Feb.15, 2024 *RELEASE: 24-030* ** *NASA Joins Group to Advance Wildfire Coordination, Capabilities** *   NASA is now an associate member of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, giving the agency new opportunities to collaborate with federal agencies and other partners to better understand wildland fires and leverage technology and innovation to prevent and manage them for the benefit of humanity.   The interagency group provides national leadership to enable interoperable wildland fire operations amon ...Continue Reading

Feb. 15, 2024   *RELEASE:* *24-031* *NASA Artemis Science, First Intuitive Machines Flight Head to Moon* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:05 a.m. EST on Feb. 15, 2024. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Intuitive Machines’ first lunar mission will carry NASA science and commercial payloads to the Moon to study plume-surface interactions, ...Continue Reading

NASA Updates Equity Action Plan, Adds Focus on STEM Education, More *FEB 14, 2024* *RELEASE 24-025* The cover of the 2023 NASA Equity Action Plan. Credits: NASA Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA published its 2023 Equity Action Plan Wednesday, which outlines key accomplishments in increasing equity across the agency, and new commitments to continue removing inequitable barriers and challenges facing underserved communities. “At NASA, we are committed to advancing equity ...Continue Reading

New NASA Mission will Study Ultraviolet Sky, Stars, Stellar Explosions *FEB 13, 2024* *RELEASE 24-028* This image shows the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097, as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Sand, K. Sheth As NASA explores the unknown in air and space, a new mission to survey ultraviolet light across the entire sky will provide the agency with more insight into how galaxies and stars evolve. The space telescope, called UVEX (UltraViolet EXplorer), is targeted to ...Continue Reading

Feb. 13, 2024 *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-022* *NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 30th Resupply Launch to Space Station* * * A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on March 13, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. SpaceX Media accreditation is open at NASA’s Kennedy Spa ...Continue Reading

Feb. 12, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-024*   *NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 87 Launch, Space Station Docking* * * The Progress 84 cargo craft is pictured shortly after undocking from the International Space Station’s Poisk Module at 2:55 a.m. EST. NASA * * NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station.   The unpiloted Progress 87 resupply ...Continue Reading

Feb. 12, 2024   *RELEASE: 24-027* * * *NASA Administrator Names New Head of Small Business Programs* * * Assistant Administrator for NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs, Dwight Deneal, poses for portrait, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) * * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Dwight Deneal will serve as the new assistant administrator for the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) at the ag ...Continue Reading

NASA Welcomes Greece as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory Roxana Bardan *FEB 09, 2024* *RELEASE 24-022* (From left) Ioannis Daglis, president of the Hellenic Space Center, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, watch as Giorgos Gerapetritis, Greek foreign minister, signs the Artemis Accords on the margins of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State in Washington, Feb. 9, 2024. Credits: Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy NASA Administrator Bill ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Inaugural Grants to Support Emerging Research Institutions *FEB 08, 2024* *RELEASE **24-023* NASA NASA has awarded $3.7 million to 11 teams to support new collaborations between the agency and United States institutions not historically part of the agency’s research enterprise. These are the first awards given through a new program from the agency’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the science and engineering communities, as well as NASA’s w ...Continue Reading