NASA Selects Four Small Explorer Mission Concept StudiesNASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies.
NASA Invites Media to Upcoming SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space StationMedia accreditation is open through Oct. 18, 2023, for SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.
NASA Announces Launch Services for Pair of Space Weather SatellitesNASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission.
Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month: Patriot Construction Supports NASA Ames Research CenterIn celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) is highlighting the contributions made by Hispanic-owned businesses to NASA’s mission. Through collaborative efforts, Patriot Construction, Inc. has played a pivotal role in the enhancement and maintenance of NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. They have worked on the N244 […]
NASA’s New Horizons to Continue Exploring Outer Solar SystemNASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system. Beginning in fiscal year 2025, New Horizons will focus on gathering unique heliophysics data, which can be readily obtained during an extended, low-activity mode of operations. While the science community is not currently aware of any reachable […]
Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn’t Be ThereA large, gaseous exoplanet orbits a red giant star that should have destroyed it. It’s 530 light-years from Earth.
Two NASA Goddard Earth Scientists Receive AGU AwardsDr. Dalia Kirschbaum and Dr. John Bolten, both of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received American Geophysical Union (AGU) awards this month.
NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions NASA is funding eight new studies aimed at better understanding how the human body reacts to spaceflight. These studies will be done on Earth without the need for samples and data from astronauts. Collectively, these studies will help measure physiological and psychological responses to physical and mental challenges that astronauts may encounter during spaceflight. With this […]
Science in Space: Week of Sept. 29, 2023 – Fire Safety in SpaceCrew members aboard the International Space Station conducted a variety of scientific investigations during the week ending Sept. 29, 2023, including FLARE. This JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) investigation explores the flammability of materials in microgravity. Current tests of materials that are used in crewed spacecraft do not consider gravity, which significantly affects combustion phenomena. […]
Near-Earth Asteroids as of September 2023September 2023 Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely facts about comets and asteroids that could pose an impact hazard with Earth. Here is the what we’ve found for September.