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- NASA Announces STEM Engagement Lead, Chief Economist Retirements NASA · 28 Oct 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Mike Kincaid, associate administrator, Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), and Alexander MacDonald, chief economist, will retire from the agency. Following Kincaid’s departu...
- NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope NASA · 28 Oct 2024 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission’s instruments...
- NASA Announces Nine Landing Sites for Artemis III Mission The Launch Pad · 28 Oct 2024 NASA Announces Nine Landing Sites for Artemis III Mission
- NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions NASA · 28 Oct 2024 As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. These areas...
- New study reveals potential existence of life in subsurface water pools on Mars NASASpaceflight · 27 Oct 2024 Mars has long been theorized to be a place where ancient microbial life once existed, and NASA and other agencies have sent countless missions to the planet in hopes of uncovering the mystery that is life on Mars. While...
- Crew-8 Astronaut Released from Hospital, Back in Houston SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Oct 2024 The NASA astronaut who was hospitalized yesterday after returning from an eight-month spaceflight is now back in Houston. For privacy reasons, NASA will not provide any details about which of...
- SLS preparations underway for Artemis II and future missions NASASpaceflight · 26 Oct 2024 NASA’s Space Launch System, the other Saturn V-class heavy lift vehicle launched this decade, is being prepared for its second flight and its first crew-carrying flight, even as issues with the Orion spacecraft threaten...
- Crew-8 astronaut released from hospital SpaceNews · 26 Oct 2024 A member of the Crew-8 mission hospitalized for an unspecified medical issue after splashdown has been released after an overnight stay, NASA said Oct. 26.
- Nelson says reports of Musk-Putin conversations “concerning” SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he is concerned about reports that Elon Musk, chief executive of SpaceX, has had discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- NASA Welcomes Chile as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 25 Oct 2024 Chile signed the Artemis Accords Friday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 47th nation and the seventh South American country to commit to...
- Why is Elon Musk talking to Vladimir Putin, and what does it mean for SpaceX? Ars Technica · 25 Oct 2024 NASA chief says ties between SpaceX CEO and Putin should be investigated.
- Destacado de la NASA: Felipe Valdez, un ingeniero inspirador NASA · 25 Oct 2024 Read this story in English here. Felipe Valdez es una persona que aprovechó todas las oportunidades posibles en la NASA, trabajando desde que inicio como pasante universitario hasta su trabajo actual como ingeniero de co...
- NASA astronaut hospitalized after Crew-8 return SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 A NASA astronaut who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission is hospitalized in stable condition after experiencing an unspecified medical issue after splashdown.
- Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) in Wayne County, MI, provides learners with hands-on opportunities to engage with...
- High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data NASA · 25 Oct 2024 Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform. With its unique ability to observe from as high as 65,000 feet, the ER-2 aircraft...
- UPDATE! NASA’s Crew-8 Astronaut Released From Hospital Following Return To Earth The Launch Pad · 25 Oct 2024 UPDATE! NASA’s Crew-8 Astronaut Released From Hospital Following Return To Earth
- Event Details NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The next private CSUG event will take place November 6 – 7 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Throughout the CSUG, representatives from NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program and CS...
- One astronaut hospitalized in Pensacola after splashdown; crewmates flown back to Houston Spaceflight Now · 25 Oct 2024 The astronaut "is in stable condition under observation as a precautionary measure," NASA said in a statement 10 hours after the Crew Dragon's landing. "To protect the crew member’s medical privacy, specific details on t...
- NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing NASA · 25 Oct 2024 NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, achieved a key milestone this week for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Over a tw...
- Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind i...
- Crew-8 Home At Last, But One is Hospitalized SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Oct 2024 The four-person crew of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-8 mission is back on terra firma once again, two months later than planned. The quartet splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near...
- Back on Earth: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Splashes Down Off Florida NASA · 25 Oct 2024 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully splashed down at 3:29 a.m. EDT Friday, off Pensacola, Florida, concluding a nearly eight-month science mission and the agency’s eighth commercial crew rotation mission to the Int...
- NASA delays decision on Chandra and Hubble cuts SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 NASA has deferred any plans to reduce operations of two major space telescopes as a cost-cutting move until after the agency receives its final appropriations for fiscal year 2025.
- NASA Chief AI Officer on the Federal Executive Forum: How Agencies Are Strategizing About AI NASA · 24 Oct 2024 Listen to Chief AI Officer Dave Salvagnini represent NASA in a Federal Executive Forum webinar on “Artificial Intelligence Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024.” Featuring Chief AI Officers and techn...
- NASA Science on Health, Safety to Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 24 Oct 2024 Projects include the NASA JPL-managed quantum communication experiment known as SEAQUE
- Educator Night at the Museum of the North: Activating Science in Fairbanks Classrooms NASA · 24 Oct 2024 The NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) set out to activate science in Fairbanks classrooms in early October at the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North annual Educators’ Night. This free Fall s...
- NASA Set To Make Mars Sample Return Mission Decision By End-of-Year The Launch Pad · 24 Oct 2024 NASA Set To Make Mars Sample Return Mission Decision By End-of-Year
- NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 24 Oct 2024 Among the 15 projects receiving grants are two from JPL.
- NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation NASA · 24 Oct 2024 NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community, for the benefit of all. The agency’s Open-Sour...
- NASA Releases Economic Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2023 NASA · 24 Oct 2024 In fiscal year 2023, NASA investments supported 66,208 jobs in the state of California, generated $18.5 billion in economic output and $1 billion in tax revenue to the state’s economy. Overall, NASA generated an estimate...
- Statement from NASA’s Janet Petro on FY23 Economic Impact Report NASA · 24 Oct 2024 America is returning to the Moon with our sights set on Mars, and NASA is leading the way. Along with our industry and international partners, we’re advancing scientific research, inspiring the next generation of explore...
- NASA Science on Health, Safety to Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission NASA · 24 Oct 2024 New science experiments for NASA are set to launch aboard the agency’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The six investigations aim to contribute to cutting-edge discove...
- New Report Shows NASA’s $75.6 Billion Boost to US Economy NASA · 24 Oct 2024 NASA’s work, including its Moon to Mars exploration approach, is advancing science and technology for the Artemis Generation, while also driving significant economic growth across the United States, the agency announced...
- Crew-8 on the Way Home at Last SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Oct 2024 Crew-8 undocked from the International Space Station this afternoon, two months later than planned. Their mission was extended first while NASA was deciding what to do about Boeing’s Starliner crew...
- Human Adaptation to Spaceflight: The Role of Food and Nutrition NASA · 23 Oct 2024 The latest book marks our third effort to review available literature regarding the role of nutrition in astronaut health. In 2009, we reviewed the existing knowledge and history of human nutrition for spaceflight, with...
- NASA Invites Media to 2024 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium NASA · 23 Oct 2024 Media are invited to attend the 2024 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium Monday Oct. 28 to Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Organized by the American Astronautical Society in collaboration...
- Commercial industry gears up for ISS replacement around 2030 amid concerns NASASpaceflight · 23 Oct 2024 NASA and the commercial space industry are planning for the eventual replacement of the International Space Station (ISS), which is currently set for 2030. Companies like Axiom and VAST have already started construction...
- The Marshall Star for October 23, 2024 NASA · 23 Oct 2024 Editor’s Note: Starting Nov. 4, the Office of Communications at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will no longer publish the Marshall Star on nasa.gov. The last public issue will be Oct. 30. To continue reading Marshal...
- NASA Ames Stars of the Month: October 2024 NASA · 23 Oct 2024 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) America Reyes Wang, Sepideh Khajehei, Julie Nottage, and Ryan Felton. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents...
- NASA Welcomes Republic of Cyprus as 46th Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 23 Oct 2024 NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free welcomed the Republic of Cyprus as the latest nation to commit to the responsible use of space for humanity on Wednesday, marking 46 signatories to date. “We applaud Cyprus’ commitme...