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- NASA Invites Media to Attend Alabama Space Day 2025 NASA · 24 Feb 2025 Media are invited to attend the 2025 Alabama Space Day from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the U.S....
- NASA Marshall Reflects on 65 Years of Ingenuity, Teamwork NASA · 24 Feb 2025 NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is celebrating its 65-year legacy of ingenuity and service to the U.S. space program – and the expansion of its science, engineering, propulsion, and human spac...
- NASA University Research Program Makes First Award to a Community College Project NASA · 24 Feb 2025 Great ideas, and the talent and passion that bring them to life, can be found anywhere. In that spirit, NASA’s University Student Research Challenge (USRC) in 2024 selected its first group of community college students t...
- NASA employees advised to delay responses to “what did you do” email SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2025 NASA employees are being advised not to immediately respond to an OPM email despite a threat by Elon Musk that they could be fired if they did not.
- NASA selects SpaceX to launch NEO Surveyor SpaceNews · 22 Feb 2025 NASA picked SpaceX for the launch of a space telescope dedicated to searching for near Earth objects.
- House members seek more details on DOGE activities at NASA SpaceNews · 22 Feb 2025 Top Democrats on the House Science Committee want details about the work DOGE is doing at NASA, calling the lack of transparency “ominous and unacceptable.”
- NASA Selects SpaceX to Launch NEO Surveyor Mission for Planetary Defense The Launch Pad · 21 Feb 2025 NASA Selects SpaceX to Launch NEO Surveyor Mission for Planetary Defense
- NASA Awards Spacecraft Contract to BAE Systems for Next NOAA Space Weather Program The Launch Pad · 21 Feb 2025 NASA Awards Spacecraft Contract to BAE Systems for Next NOAA Space Weather Program
- NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract NASA · 21 Feb 2025 NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to...
- NASA Awards Delivery Order for NOAA’s Space Weather Program NASA · 21 Feb 2025 NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series...
- Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape NASA · 21 Feb 2025 The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years aw...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch NASA · 21 Feb 2025 Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than...
- NASA Marks Artemis Progress With Gateway Lunar Space Station NASA · 21 Feb 2025 NASA and its international partners are making progress on Gateway – the lunar space station that will orbit the Moon as a centerpiece of the agency’s Moon to Mars architecture.
- NASA’s PUNCH Mission to Revolutionize Our View of Solar Wind NASA · 21 Feb 2025 Earth is immersed in material streaming from the Sun. This stream, called the solar wind, is washing over our planet, causing breathtaking auroras, impacting satellites and astronauts in space, and even affecting ground-...
- Hubble Spies a Spiral That May Be Hiding an Imposter NASA · 21 Feb 2025 The sparkling spiral galaxy gracing this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is UGC 5460, which sits about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. This image combines four different wavelengths of...
- NASA Responds to Musk Statements about Deorbiting ISS, Butch and Suni SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Feb 2025 Posts by Elon Musk on his social media platform X took aim at the International Space Station today, arguing it should be deorbited much sooner than NASA plans. Separately he
- NASA Wins Flexibility on Probationary Employees SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Feb 2025 NASA said today that probationary employees will not be subject to the mass firings happening elsewhere in the government. Instead, any decisions to dismiss them will be performance-based or voluntary.
- Musk calls for deorbiting ISS “as soon as possible” SpaceNews · 20 Feb 2025 SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said that NASA should deorbit the International Space Station “as soon as possible,” preferably in the next two years.
- NASA Invites Media to Simulated Mars Habitat Before Next Mission NASA · 20 Feb 2025 Media are invited to visit NASA’s simulated Mars habitat on Monday, March 10, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulation will help prepare humanity for future missions to the Red Planet. This is the...
- Artemis II Rocket Booster Stacking Complete NASA · 20 Feb 2025 Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida completed stacking the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters – seen in this Feb. 19, 2025, photo – inside the Vehicle Assembly Building for the agency’s...
- NASA Stennis Teams Install New Production RS-25 Engine for Upcoming Hot Fire NASA · 20 Feb 2025 NASA marked a key milestone Feb. 18 with installation of RS-25 engine No. E20001, the first new production engine to help power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on future Artemis missions to the Moon. The engine, bui...
- Lunar Cold Electronics Assessment Workshop (Apr 30 – May 1, 2025) NASA · 20 Feb 2025 How to Attend The workshop will be hosted by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Virtual and in-person attendance are available. Registration is required for both. (Link coming soon!)Virtual attendees will receive connection...
- Summary of the Joint NASA LCLUC–SARI Synthesis Meeting NASA · 20 Feb 2025 Introduction The NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) is an interdisciplinary scientific program within NASA’s Earth Science program that aims to develop the capability for periodic global inventories of land use...
- NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Announces Retirement After 30 Years Service The Launch Pad · 20 Feb 2025 NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Announces Retirement After 30 Years Service
- NASA Completes Stacking of Artemis II Solid Rocket Boosters Ahead of Crewed Lunar Mission The Launch Pad · 20 Feb 2025 NASA Completes Stacking of Artemis II Solid Rocket Boosters Ahead of Crewed Lunar Mission
- Jim Free, NASA associate administrator, to retire SpaceNews · 20 Feb 2025 NASA’s associate administrator will leave the agency at the end of the week as uncertainty continues about the timing and scope of potential job cuts.
- House Committee Plans Artemis Hearing Next Week SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Feb 2025 The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee said today it will hold a hearing on NASA’s Artemis program next week. Artemis is designed to return U.S. astronauts to the surface
- NASA’s Jim Free Retires as the Agency Escapes Dramatic Workforce Cuts for Now SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Feb 2025 NASA so far has been spared the dramatic workforce cutbacks affecting other parts of the government. The agency said today they are validating the “hundreds” of employees who chose deferred
- NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free to Retire After 30 Years Service NASA · 19 Feb 2025 NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announced Wednesday his retirement, effective Saturday, Feb. 22. As associate administrator, Free has been the senior advisor to NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro and leads NASA’...
- In the Starlight: Portia Keyes Procures Mission-Critical Support NASA · 19 Feb 2025 One semester as a NASA Pathways intern was enough to inspire Portia Keyes to sign up for a Russian language class at college. After interning in the Johnson Space Center’s Office of Procurement, Keyes hoped to someday us...
- NASA Sends Experiment to Space to Study Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria NASA · 19 Feb 2025 In an effort to learn more about astronaut health and the effects of space on the human body, NASA is conducting a new experiment aboard the International Space Station to speed up the detection of antibiotic-resistant b...
- Musk and Trump repeat inaccurate claims about Starliner astronauts SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2025 President Donald Trump and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk reiterated claims in a televised interview that NASA astronauts were “abandoned” on the ISS.
- NASA Avoids Sweeping Federal Workforce Reductions For Now, But Future Layoffs Expected The Launch Pad · 19 Feb 2025 NASA Avoids Sweeping Federal Workforce Reductions For Now, But Future Layoffs Expected
- How Long Does it Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 51 NASA · 19 Feb 2025 So how long does it take to get from Earth to the Moon, to Mars or to Jupiter? As with most things in life, the answer is: it depends.
- NASA layoffs on hold, for now SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2025 NASA did not carry out a widely expected layoff of 1,000 or more employees Feb. 18, but the last-minute reprieve may only be temporary.
- First of 24 New RS-25 Engines Ready For Testing at NASA Stennis The Launch Pad · 19 Feb 2025 First of 24 New RS-25 Engines Ready For Testing at NASA Stennis
- NASA Selects New Round of Student-Led Aviation Research Awards NASA · 19 Feb 2025 NASA has selected two new university student teams to participate in real-world aviation research challenges meant to transform the skies above our communities. The research awards were made through NASA’s University Stu...
- NASA receives 11th-hour reprieve from “probationary” employee cuts Ars Technica · 19 Feb 2025 It was not immediately clear what changed.
- NASA Sets Briefings for Next International Space Station Crew Missions NASA · 18 Feb 2025 NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming Expedition 73 mission aboard the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Feb. 24, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Missio...
- Eclipses to Auroras: Eclipse Ambassadors Experience Winter Field School in Alaska NASA · 18 Feb 2025 In 2023 and 2024, two eclipses crossed the United States, and the NASA Science Activation program’s Eclipse Ambassadors Off the Path project invited undergraduate students and amateur astronomers to join them as “NASA Pa...