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- NASA still expects Boeing’s Starliner to return astronauts from ISS, but notes SpaceX backup option CNBC · 10 Jul 2024 With NASA astronauts docked at the International Space Station far longer than planned, the agency’s leadership on Wednesday acknowledged potential alternatives to Boeing’s Starliner for returning the crew to Earth.
- The Marshall Star for July 10, 2024 NASA · 10 Jul 2024 NASA Moon Rocket Stage for Artemis II Moved, Prepped for Shipment NASA is preparing the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage that will help power the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign for shipment. O...
- Surfing NASA’s Internet of Animals: Satellites Study Ocean Wildlife NASA · 10 Jul 2024 Anchoring the boat in a sandbar, research scientist Morgan Gilmour steps into the shallows and is immediately surrounded by sharks. The warm waters around the tropical island act as a reef shark nursery, and these baby b...
- A Midsummer Red Sprite Seen from Space NASA · 10 Jul 2024 NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red flashes (more easily seen by clicking on the photo to see a larger...
- Hubble finds evidence for rare black hole in Omega Centauri ESA · 10 Jul 2024 An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the innermost region of Omega Centauri, the largest an...
- NASA Deputy Administrator Strengthens Ties in Japan, Republic of Korea NASA · 10 Jul 2024 NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will visit Japan and the Republic of Korea beginning Thursday, July 11, to underscore the critical role of international cooperation in advancing space exploration and technology deve...
- NASA’s Hubble Finds Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri NASA · 10 Jul 2024 Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or relatively lightweight, with a mass of under 100 times that of the Sun. Intermediate-mass...
- NASA Administrator, Leaders to Discuss Space-Based Cancer Research NASA · 10 Jul 2024 As part of the Biden Cancer Moonshot, NASA will virtually host an event at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 11, to highlight how the agency is working to end cancer for the benefit of humanity by conducting research aboard the...
- NASA Marshall Researchers Battle Biofilm in Space NASA · 10 Jul 2024 A small group of scientists on the biofilm mitigation team at NASA’s Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, study solutions to combat the fast-growing colony of bacteria or fungi, known as biofilm, for future spac...
- House introduces NASA reauthorization act SpaceNews · 10 Jul 2024 A bipartisan NASA act would formally authorize several ongoing programs while directing the agency to provide reports on topics ranging from Space Launch System usage to servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope.
- NASA Inspires at 2024 ESSENCE Fest in New Orleans NASA · 9 Jul 2024 NASA joined the self-designated “party with a purpose” to let participants in the 30th ESSENCE Festival of Culture in New Orleans know there is space for everybody at the space agency. NASA representatives from the agenc...
- NASA Invites Media to 65th Birthday Celebration for Iconic Logo NASA · 9 Jul 2024 NASA’s logo turns 65 on Monday, July 15, and media are invited to its birthday celebration in Cleveland, the city where the iconic symbol was designed. To mark the logo’s birthday, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Clevela...
- NASA Technology Soars at Selfridge Air Show NASA · 9 Jul 2024 NASA’s Glenn Research Center staff traveled to Michigan for the Selfridge Air National Guard Base air show, open house, and STEAM Expo, June 8 and 9. NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow, a 53-foot traveling exhibit, was a popular...
- Celebrate the Heliophysics Big Year with Free Heliophysics and Math Webinars from NASA HEAT NASA · 9 Jul 2024 The Heliophysics Big Year (HBY) is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. It began with the Annular Solar Eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023, continued through the Total Solar Eclipse on...
- Spectral Energies is a NASA SBIR/STTR-Funded Tech that Could Change the Way We Fly NASA · 9 Jul 2024 Editor Note: Article written by Nicholas Mercurio With $20 million in commercial sales and $15 million in sales to government agencies, minority-owned small business Spectral Energies, based in Beavercreek, Ohio, has fou...
- From Polar Peaks to Celestial Heights: Christy Hansen’s Unique Path to Leading NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program NASA · 9 Jul 2024 Christy Hansen’s journey with NASA spans more than two decades and is marked by roles that have shaped her into a leader in space exploration. Now serving on a six-month rotation as the deputy manager for NASA’s CLDP (Co...
- House spending bill directs NASA to study asteroid and orbital debris missions SpaceNews · 9 Jul 2024 A House spending bill would direct NASA to start work on an asteroid mission in partnership with industry as well as an orbital debris inspection mission.
- House Appropriators Boost Mars Sample Return While Cutting Science Overall SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Jul 2024 The full House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2025 bill that funds NASA tomorrow. The top-line numbers have been known since subcommittee markup last month, but now the subcommittee’s
- NASA Moon Rocket Stage for Artemis II Moved, Prepped for Shipment NASA · 8 Jul 2024 NASA is preparing the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage that will help power the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign for shipment. On July 6, NASA and Boeing, the core stage lead contractor, moved t...
- NASA, Boeing Provide Next Update on Space Station Crew Flight Test NASA · 8 Jul 2024 Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media briefing at 12:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 10, to discuss the agency’s Crew Flight Test at the International Space Station. Audio of the media teleconference wi...
- NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cargo Space Station Departure NASA · 8 Jul 2024 Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, July 12, five and a half months after delivering more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigatio...
- 30 Years Ago: STS-65 Lifts Off NASA · 8 Jul 2024 The space shuttle Columbia launches from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8, 1994. This was the second flight of International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2), carrying more than twice the number...
- NASA’s Neurodiversity Network Interns Speak at National Space Development Conference NASA · 8 Jul 2024 Two high school interns funded by NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) presented their work from Summer 2023 at the recent National Space Society (NSS) International Space Development Conference (ISDC-2024), held in Los An...
- Happy Birthday, Meatball! NASA’s Iconic Logo Turns 65 NASA · 8 Jul 2024 On July 15, 2024, NASA’s logo is turning 65. The iconic symbol, known affectionately as “the meatball,” was developed at NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland (now called NASA Glenn). Employee James Modarelli, who st...
- NASA Mission to Study Mysteries in the Origin of Solar Radio Waves NASA · 8 Jul 2024 NASA’s CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment, or CURIE, is scheduled to launch July 9, 2024, to investigate the unresolved origins of radio waves coming from the Sun. Scientists first noticed these radio waves decades...
- NextSTEP Q: CIS Capability Studies III – Lunar User Terminals & Network Orchestration and Management System NASA · 8 Jul 2024 Solicitation Number: NNH16ZCQ001K-1_Appendix-Q-LUTNOMS July 8, 2024 – Solicitation Released Solicitation Overview NASA’s long-term vision to provide for a resilient space and ground communications and navigation infrastr...
- NASA’s Begoña Vila Awarded 2024 Galician Excellence Award NASA · 8 Jul 2024 Begoña Vila, an instrument systems engineer for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has been selected to receive the 2024 Galician Excellence Title in the Sciences and Medicine Category for her career and work on Webb. Th...
- European Space Agency launches inaugural Ariane 6 rocket, encounters upper stage issue Spaceflight Now · 7 Jul 2024 The first flight of the rocket will carry several payloads unto low Earth orbit for a variety of customers, including NASA. The rocket launched from French Guiana on July 9, 2024, at 4 p.m. GFT (3 p.m. EDT, 1900 UTC), ho...
- Super Press Release Test SpaceNews · 6 Jul 2024 The four volunteers who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their ground-based home on Saturday, July 6. NASA will
- The NASA Breath Diagnostics Challenge NASA · 5 Jul 2024 The NASA Breath Diagnostics challenge tasks solvers to leverage their expertise to develop a classification model that can accurately discriminate between the breath of COVID-positive and COVID-negative individuals, usin...
- NASA Science Activation Teams Present at National Rural STEM Summit NASA · 5 Jul 2024 NASA Science Activation (SciAct) teams participated in the National Rural STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Summit held June 4-7, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. Hosted by Kalman Mannis of the Rural Activat...
- The Space Relayers: NASA’s latest bet on the private sector is starting to take shape SpaceNews · 5 Jul 2024 NASA is just months away from closing off its data relay satellite fleet to new users in preparation for switching over to commercial alternatives.
- Eight CubeSats Lift Off for NASA on Firefly Aerospace Rocket! NASA · 4 Jul 2024 As part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, Firefly Aerospace launched eight small satellites on July 3 aboard the company’s Alpha rocket. Named “Noise of Summer,” the rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Co...
- Firefly Aerospace launches NASA-sponsored cubesats SpaceNews · 4 Jul 2024 Firefly Aerospace placed eight cubesats into orbit on a mission funded by NASA on the first flight of the company’s Alpha rocket since an upper stage malfunction more than half a year ago.
- The Marshall Star for July 3, 2024 NASA · 3 Jul 2024 11 Marshall Team Members, 5 Teams Awarded in Space Flight Awareness Ceremony By Jessica Barnett Sixteen individuals and groups from across NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center were recognized June 27 for going above and b...
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 20th Close Approach to the Sun The Launch Pad · 3 Jul 2024 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 20th Close Approach to the Sun
- Former NASA Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester Retires NASA · 3 Jul 2024 July 3, 2024 RELEASE: J24-011 NASA astronaut Patrick G. Forrester retired June 29, after a career spanning 31 years of service and three spaceflights. He went on to become chief of NASA’s Astronaut Office, and most recen...
- Orion on the Rise NASA · 3 Jul 2024 Technicians lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell on June 28, 2024. The integrated spacecraft, which will be used for the Artemis II mission to orbit the Moon, has been undergoing...
- NASA "70% Confidence" Starship Ready by February 2028, 1.5 Year Delay From September 2026 Target In New GAO Report The Launch Pad · 3 Jul 2024 NASA "70% Confidence" Starship Ready by February 2028, 1.5 Year Delay From September 2026 Target In New GAO Report
- NASA Selects Astronaut Andre Douglas for Artemis II Backup Crew The Launch Pad · 3 Jul 2024 NASA Selects Astronaut Andre Douglas for Artemis II Backup Crew