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- NASA’s CLPS program accelerates as two landers head for the Moon NASASpaceflight · 26 Jan 2025 As NASA focuses on returning humans to the Moon with Artemis, commercial providers are gearing…
- Rocket Lab, Orora Technologies contract for “responsive launch” ahead of main 2025 wildfire season Spaceflight Now · 24 Jan 2025 The eight satellites will also fulfill a concept study contract awarded to OroraTech and Spire Global by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in October 2024. A specific launch date hasn't been announced, but Rocket Lab said...
- NASA Invites Media to Expedition 71 Crew Visit at Marshall NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA will host four astronauts at 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Jan. 29, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, an...
- NASA Invites Media to Second Intuitive Machines Launch to Moon NASA · 24 Jan 2025 For the second time, Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to deliver NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations to the Moon for the benefit of all. Media accreditation is open for the IM-2 launch,...
- NASA to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) missio...
- Hubble Studies the Tarantula Nebula’s Outskirts NASA · 24 Jan 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,...
- NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon! NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar...
- Artemis II Stacking Operations Update NASA · 24 Jan 2025 Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program continue stacking the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s twin solid rocket booster motor segments for the agency’s Artemis II mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Buil...
- NICER Status Update NASA · 24 Jan 2025 Jan. 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER Continues Science Operations Post Repair NASA crew aboard the International Space Station installed patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) mission during a s...
- 40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission NASA · 24 Jan 2025 On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD). As such, many of the...
- NASA Invites Media to Expedition 71 Crew Visit at Marshall NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA will host four astronauts at 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Jan. 29, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, an...
- NASA Presses on With Artemis as Questions Swirl About the Future SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Jan 2025 NASA awarded study contracts to nine companies today for lunar surface mobility and logistics concepts to support the Artemis program. Three days into the second Trump Administration, questions are swirling
- NASA awards Artemis logistics studies SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 NASA issued study contracts to examine logistical issues for a long-term human presence on the moon despite uncertainty about the future of Artemis.
- NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones NASA · 23 Jan 2025 Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth’s surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laborator...
- NASA Worm as Art NASA · 23 Jan 2025 Museum of Modern Art Opens Exhibition Featuring NASA Worm The iconic NASA logotype, commonly known as the worm and designed by Bruce Blackburn and Richard Danne in 1976, was premiered Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2025 at the Museum...
- NASA Tests Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Using Its Pilatus PC-12 Aircraft NASA · 23 Jan 2025 As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires a...
- NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar Exploration NASA · 23 Jan 2025 NASA awarded new study contracts Thursday to help support life and work on the lunar surface. As part of the agency’s blueprint for deep space exploration to support the Artemis campaign, nine American companies in seven...
- NASA shutters diversity offices to comply with executive order SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 NASA is beginning to implement a White House order to terminate diversity programs at the agency that were once praised by its current acting administrator.
- NASA moves swiftly to end DEI programs, ask employees to “report” violations Ars Technica · 22 Jan 2025 "Failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences."
- Artist’s Concept of Gemini Spacecraft NASA · 22 Jan 2025 Two astronauts are seated inside the Gemini spacecraft in this artist’s concept made in January 1965. The Gemini program was an early NASA human spaceflight program designed to bridge the Mercury and Apollo programs. Its...
- NASA Awards Logistics, Metrology Support Services Contract NASA · 22 Jan 2025 NASA has awarded a small business set-aside contract to Apache Innovations JV of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide logistics, and related support services to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Glenn Logisti...
- I am Artemis: Jon Carabello NASA · 22 Jan 2025 Jon Carabello did not begin his career journey with an eye on space, but when NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign came calling, he was all in. Born, raised, and college-educated in New Hampshire, Carabello has spen...
- Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock NASA · 22 Jan 2025 The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s at...
- NASA 3D-Printed Antenna Takes Additive Manufacturing to New Heights NASA · 22 Jan 2025 In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather balloon, could open the d...
- Demystifying Jared Isaacman, Trump’s NASA nominee SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2025 Traditionally, selecting the leader of NASA has not been a top priority for incoming presidential administrations. While nominations for cabinet-level posts are announced well before Inauguration Day, the choice of […]
- Advanced Modeling Enhances Gateway’s Lunar Dust Defense NASA · 22 Jan 2025 Ahead of more frequent and intense contact with dust during Artemis missions, NASA is developing new strategies to protect equipment as astronauts travel between the Moon and spacecraft like Gateway, humanity’s first lun...
- NASA Faces of Technology: Meet Lauren Best Ameen NASA · 22 Jan 2025 If you tell Lauren Best Ameen something is hard and cannot be done, she will likely reply, “Watch me.” As deputy manager for the Cryogenic Fluid Management Portfolio Project Office at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Clev...
- NASA Glenn Trains Instructors for After-School STEM Program NASA · 22 Jan 2025 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 strives to reach approximately...
- NASA Glenn Helps Bring Joy to Children in Need NASA · 22 Jan 2025 NASA’s Glenn Research Center continued a decades-long tradition of participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the 2024 holiday season. On Dec. 9, members of the Marine Corps Reserve (3rd Batta...
- Downlinking satellite data from space to the cloud ESA · 22 Jan 2025 In October 2024, NASA and ESA carried out a series of system trials to test the transmission of data from ESA ground stations to Amazon Web Service servers.
- NASA Marshall Invites Media to Local Day of Remembrance Event NASA · 21 Jan 2025 NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, invites media to attend its observance of the agency’s Day of Remembrance at 9:30 a.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 23, in the lobby of Building 4221. Day of Remembrance...
- On Chasing Shadows: A New Exploration of Uranus Space Scout · 21 Jan 2025 At the December 2024 annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU24), NASA provided updates on the status of NASA’s upcoming Uranus Flagship mission and the precursor projects that will enable it.
- How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth NASA · 21 Jan 2025 Set to launch within a few months, NISAR will use a technique called synthetic aperture radar to produce incredibly detailed maps of surface change on our planet. When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization’s (I...
- NASA Welcomes Finland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 21 Jan 2025 With Finland’s signing of the Artemis Accords on Tuesday, NASA celebrates the 53rd nation committing to the safe and responsible exploration of space that benefits humanity. The signing ceremony took place on the margins...
- Suni Williams Conducts Spacewalk NASA · 21 Jan 2025 NASA astronaut Suni Williams is seen outside the International Space Station during the Jan. 16, 2025, spacewalk where she and fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague replaced a rate gyro assembly that helps maintain the orient...
- Transforming NASA: enabling America’s commercial space leadership SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2025 With the United States space sector already generating more than $380 billion annually and supporting 100,000 American jobs, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA stand at a crossroads. Isaacman […]
- NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech NASA · 21 Jan 2025 The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the Sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and features a rugged surface challenging to traverse. While several robotic missions have landed o...
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 21 Jan 2025 The mission is the first that will populate the 13th group of Starlink satellites in SpaceX’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center happened at 12:24 a.m. EST (0524 UTC).
- KSC Director Petro to be Acting NASA Administrator SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Jan 2025 In a move that surprised even NASA officials, the Trump Administration has named Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro to be Acting Administrator. Ordinarily the job goes to the top
- Second Trump administration begins with confusion on acting NASA leadership SpaceNews · 20 Jan 2025 The second Trump administration started with soaring rhetoric about sending humans to Mars but confusion about who was leading NASA on an acting basis.