Feb. 8, 2024 * * *RELEASE: 24-021*** ** *NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere*** * * NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:33 a.m. EST, Feb. 8, 2024, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. From its orbit hundreds of miles above Earth, PACE will study microscopic life in the oceans and microscopic particles in the atmosphere to investigate key mysteries of our planet’s ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission *FEB 07, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-023* The Nova-C lunar lander is encapsulated within the fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for launch, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. SpaceX As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 12:57 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, for a Falcon 9 launch of Intuitive ...Continue Reading

Feb. 7, 2024 *CONTRACT RELEASE: C24-006* *NASA Selects Agencywide Acquisition Support Services Contractor*** * * **** * * NASA has selected 8(a) vendor Seventh Sense Consulting LLC of Woodbridge, Virginia, to provide acquisition support services for non-inherently governmental functions across the agency.   The contractor will provide services agencywide, including document development support, procurement administrative services, acquisition policy support, procurement operations support, procur ...Continue Reading

New Artemis Generation Astronauts to Graduate, NASA Sets Coverage *FEB 07, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-021* NASA’s astronaut candidate class is pictured at an event near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Dec. 7, 2021. NASA will honor the next generation of Artemis astronaut candidates to graduate at 10:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, March 5, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. After completing more than two years of basic training, these candidates will earn their wings and become eligible for spaceflight, ...Continue Reading

NASA Administrator Announces New Marshall Space Flight Center Director *FEB 05, 2024* *RELEASE 24-020* Official portrait of Joseph Pelfrey, director, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective immediately. Pelfrey has served as acting center director since July 2023. “Joseph is a respected leader who shares the passion for innovation and explorat ...Continue Reading

California, Massachusetts Students to Hear from NASA, ESA Astronauts *FEB 02, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORYM24-019* NASA astronauts and Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Jasmin Moghbeli, left, and Loral O’Hara in the Destiny laboratory celebrate the successful docking of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA Students from California and Massachusetts will have separate opportunities next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The two Earth-to-space ...Continue Reading

Feb. 2, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-020*   *NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 3 Departure from Space Station* * * The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying the four-member Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew is pictured approaching the International Space Station 260 miles above China north of the Himalayas.   NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) private astronaut flight from the International Space Station before the crew returns to Earth. ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2024 * * *CONTRACT RELEASE:* *C24-005*   *NASA Awards Environmental Restoration, Compliance Contract* * * **   NASA has selected five companies to provide environmental restoration and compliance services at NASA centers, facilities, and other agency assets. The awardees are: AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Orlando, Florida HydroGeoLogic, Inc., Reston, Virginia ISMS-Navarro LLC, Richland, Washington Jacobs Geosyntec A Joint Venture, Cape Canaveral, Florida Tetra Tech Inc., Pittsburgh Th ...Continue Reading

NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission *JAN 31, 2024* *RELEASE 24-019* Official NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 portraits with Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson and Aleksandr Gorbunov. NASA As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station and conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities for the benefit of all. Launching aboard the Dragon spacecraft, NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, Pilo ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-018* * * *NASA Sets Coverage for Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission* * * **** NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory is inspected and processed on a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. NASA/Kim Shiflett   NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming mission to study how our ...Continue Reading