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- Girls in STEM Inspired to Fly High at NASA Kennedy NASA · 24 Sep 2024 For the third straight year, scores of young women flew to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to learn how to make their aviation dreams take flight as part of the Delta Air Lines Women Inspiring our Next Generation...
- Crew-9 Set to Launch with Two Astronauts Space Scout · 24 Sep 2024 In periods of uncertainty, one thing is clear in spaceflight - the show must go on. With this mantra in mind, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are preparing to launch on the agency’s S...
- House passes NASA authorization bill SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2024 The House passed a new NASA authorization bill Sept. 23 that would largely keep the agency on course in its human spaceflight and science programs while directing it to prepare several reports.
- House Passes 2024 NASA Authorization and ASCEND Acts SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Sep 2024 The House passed two bipartisan NASA bills today. The 2024 NASA Authorization Act reaffirms support for NASA’s broad portfolio of programs in human spaceflight, science, aeronautics, and technology. The Accessing...
- NASA, US Department of Education Bring STEM to After-School Programs NASA · 23 Sep 2024 NASA and the U.S. Department of Education are teaming up to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education during after-school hours. The interagency program aims to reach approximately 1,...
- New Video Series Spotlights Engineers on NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission NASA · 23 Sep 2024 With NASA’s Europa Clipper just weeks away from launch, five short videos give a behind-the-scenes peek at some of the engineers dedicated to making the mission a success. What does it take to build a massive spacecraft...
- New Video Series Spotlights Engineers on NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 23 Sep 2024 With NASA’s Europa Clipper just weeks away from launch, five short videos give a behind-the-scenes peek at some of the engineers dedicated to making the mission a success.
- Expedition 71 Soyuz Landing NASA · 23 Sep 2024 NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is seen smiling and holding a gifted matryoshka doll outside the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft after she landed with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, in a remote area near the...
- US, Republic of Korea Sign Statement to Advance Aerospace Cooperation NASA · 23 Sep 2024 NASA and the Republic of Korea’s newly created Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) signed a joint statement of intent Thursday affirming their interest to advance cooperation in space exploration, science, and aeronaut...
- NASA SPAR Lab shares AI tool for spacecraft SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Artificial intelligence promises to make spacecraft increasingly resilient and capable of gathering data without waiting for instructions from ground controllers. “We’ve been limited with the way we’ve
- NASA Selects Launch Provider for New NOAA Environmental Satellite NASA · 23 Sep 2024 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-Clas...
- Women in Astronomy Citizen Science Webinar This Thursday NASA · 23 Sep 2024 Women hold up half the sky… but participation numbers for NASA-sponsored citizen science projects don’t always reflect that. Why? And what can we do to welcome people of all genders to participate? During this week’s NAS...
- Celebrating 10 Years at Mars with NASA’s MAVEN Mission NASA · 23 Sep 2024 A decade ago, on Sept. 21, 2014, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, beginning its ongoing exploration of the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere. The mission has produc...
- Launch Roundup: NASA Crew-9 flies half-empty, Starlink and Chinese launches continue NASASpaceflight · 23 Sep 2024 NASA and SpaceX’s launch of the Crew-9 mission was center stage this week. The launch of two new International Space Station crew members took place on Saturday from the recently crew-certified Space Launch Complex 40 (S...
- Two-member SpaceX Crew-9 prepares for late week Dragon launch Spaceflight Now · 23 Sep 2024 NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexandr Gorbunov arrived in Florida on Saturday afternoon ahead of their final launch preparations. A flight readiness review is on tap for Monday.
- NASA Science Activation Program Wins Prestigious Award NASA · 23 Sep 2024 The NASA Science Activation (SciAct) Program has been selected to receive the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education Award. This prestigious, annual award, established in 19...
- NASA Ames Stars of the Month: September 2024 NASA · 23 Sep 2024 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Don Sullivan, Serena Trieu, Emmett Quigley, and Zara Mirmalek. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the ta...
- SpaceX Makes Adjustments For Crew Dragon’s Future Space Scout · 23 Sep 2024 SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has been a resounding success, both for SpaceX itself and for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. After ending a 9-year gap in the United States’ crewed launch capability, the spacecraft has become the d...
- NASA Expands Small Business, Industry Engagement Resources NASA · 23 Sep 2024 Two new resources are available for businesses that provide products and services to support NASA’s missions, from supersonic flight to lunar exploration, as well as companies that aim to engage the agency as a customer....
- NASA’s cancellation of VIPER cedes leadership in lunar exploration SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2024 Two months ago, NASA cancelled VIPER, a science rover mission to the moon’s south pole to explore for water ice. This decision was made despite the fact that the rover
- Soyuz brings two cosmonauts, NASA astronaut back to Earth after record-setting mission Spaceflight Now · 23 Sep 2024 Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, now the world’s most experienced spaceman, first-time flier Nikolai Chub and NASA veteran Tracy Dyson undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth Monday, closing out a re...
- NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station NASA · 23 Sep 2024 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 s...
- House to Take Up 2024 NASA Authorization Bill Next Week SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Sep 2024 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s schedule for floor action next week includes consideration of the 2024 NASA Authorization Act. The bipartisan bill cleared the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee...
- NASA creates space sustainability division to consolidate orbital debris activities SpaceNews · 21 Sep 2024 NASA has established a space sustainability division that will consolidate much of the work the agency is doing on orbital debris and related issues.
- ARMD Solicitations NASA · 20 Sep 2024 This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available...
- One company appears to be thriving as part of NASA’s return to the Moon Ars Technica · 20 Sep 2024 "This has really been a transformational year for us."
- NASA Awards $1.5 Million at Watts on the Moon Challenge Finale NASA · 20 Sep 2024 NASA has awarded a total of $1.5 million to two U.S. teams for their novel technology solutions addressing energy distribution, management, and storage as part of the agency’s Watts on the Moon Challenge. The innovations...
- Honoring Hidden Figures NASA · 20 Sep 2024 Joylette Hylick, left, and Katherine Moore, right, accept the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of their mother, Katherine Johnson, during a Sept. 18, 2024, ceremony recognizing NASA’s Hidden Figures. Katherine Johnson,...
- NASA Data Helps Protect US Embassy Staff from Polluted Air NASA · 20 Sep 2024 United States embassies and consulates, along with American citizens traveling and living abroad, now have a powerful tool to protect against polluted air, thanks to a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. State Depart...
- NASA Greenlights Next Phase of Italian Lunar Habitat Project European Spaceflight · 20 Sep 2024 A NASA review board has given the Italian space agency the green light to move ahead with the development of its MPH lunar surface habitat. ASI and NASA signed an agreement in 2022 that saw the Italian space agency take...
- Hubble Lights the Way with New Multiwavelength Galaxy View NASA · 20 Sep 2024 The magnificent galaxy featured in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 1559. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Reticulum, approximately 35 million light-years from Earth. The brillia...
- NASA, NAACP Partner to Advance Diversity, Inclusion in STEM Fields NASA · 19 Sep 2024 During an event Thursday, NASA and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) signed a Space Act Agreement to increase engagement and equity for underrepresented students pursuing science, tec...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return NASA · 19 Sep 2024 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...
- 55 Years Ago: Celebrations for Apollo 11 Continue as Apollo 12 Prepares to Revisit the Moon NASA · 19 Sep 2024 In September 1969, celebrations continued to mark the successful first human Moon landing two months earlier, and NASA prepared for the next visit to the Moon. The hometowns of the Apollo 11 astronauts held parades in th...
- NASA’s Hidden Figures Honored with Congressional Gold Medals NASA · 19 Sep 2024 A simple turn of phrase was all it took for U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of Katherine Johnson’s home state of West Virginia to capture the feeling in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. “It’s been said...
- Europa Clipper Launch Window Extended SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Sep 2024 NASA is still expecting to launch the Europa Clipper probe on October 10 at the beginning of its multi-week launch window, but if necessary it could launch as late as...
- NASA Grants to Strengthen Diversity in Engineering, STEM Fields NASA · 19 Sep 2024 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 science, te...
- NASA’s Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams NASA · 19 Sep 2024 Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a galaxy cluster has two streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows that crossing the streams may lead to the creation of new structur...
- NASA Develops Process to Create Very Accurate Eclipse Maps NASA · 19 Sep 2024 New NASA research reveals a process to generate extremely accurate eclipse maps, which plot the predicted path of the Moon’s shadow as it crosses the face of Earth. Traditionally, eclipse calculations assume that all obs...
- What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission NASA · 19 Sep 2024 NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are preparing to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. The flight is the ninth crew rotation mission with Sp...