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NASA Selects Lunar Relay Contractor for Near Space Network ServicesIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Selects Lunar Relay Contractor for Near Space Network ServicesNASA has awarded a contract to Intuitive Machines, LLC of Houston, to support the agency’s lunar relay systems as part of the Near Space Network, operated by the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This Subcategory 2.2 GEO to Cislunar Relay Services is a new firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order contract. The […]
NASA Marshall to Present 2024 Small Business Awards Sept. 19IMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Marshall to Present 2024 Small Business Awards Sept. 19NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, invites media to its annual Small Business Industry and Advocate Awards ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 19. The awards recognize small businesses and small business champions from government and industry for their outstanding achievements in fiscal year 2024. The ceremony will take place during the 38th meeting of […]
Johnson Space Center Ignites STEM Passion at Houston’s Japan FestivalIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
Johnson Space Center Ignites STEM Passion at Houston’s Japan FestivalFrom Sept. 6-7, 2024, NASA’s Johnson Space Center brought the excitement of space exploration to the annual Japan Festival at Hermann Park in Houston. The lively cultural event featured traditional food, dance, martial arts, and more, while Johnson’s booth attracted attendees with interactive space exhibits and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activities. Johnson employees […]
ICESat-2 Hosts Third Applications WorkshopIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
ICESat-2 Hosts Third Applications WorkshopIntroduction The NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 mission (ICESat-2), launched September 15, 2018, continues the first ICESat mission, delivering invaluable global altimetry data. Notwithstanding its icy acronym, ICESat-2 can do more than measure ice – in fact, the expanded acronym hints at these wider applications. From vegetation to inland surface water to bathymetry, […]
NASA’s Spanish-language Podcast Returns for New SeasonIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
NASA’s Spanish-language Podcast Returns for New SeasonLee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, NASA is releasing new content for Universo curioso de la NASA, the agency’s first Spanish-language podcast, now in its second season. A five-week season starts Tuesday with new episodes released weekly. Listen to the preview of the second season of Universo […]
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Sols 4307-4308: Bright Rocks Catch Our EyesIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
Sols 4307-4308: Bright Rocks Catch Our EyesEarth planning date: Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 We made good progress through Gediz Vallis in the weekend drive, landing in a segment of the channel containing a mix of loose rubble and other channel-filling debris. Amongst the jumbled scene, though, particular objects of interest caught our eye: bright rocks. In past workspaces in Gediz Vallis, […]
Sentinel-2C delivers stunning first imagesIMAGE
esa.int• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
Sentinel-2C delivers stunning first imagesLess than two weeks after being launched into orbit, Sentinel-2C has delivered its first images. These spectacular views of Earth offer a sneak peek at the data that this new satellite will provide for Copernicus – Europe’s world-leading Earth observation programme.
Technicians Work to Prepare Europa Clipper for Propellant LoadingIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 17, 2024• 1 min read
Technicians Work to Prepare Europa Clipper for Propellant LoadingNASA’s Europa Clipper mission moves closer to launch as technicians worked on Wednesday, Sept. 11, inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to prepare the spacecraft for upcoming propellant loading at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, which is considered one of the most promising habitable environments […]
Ottawa’s Fall RhapsodyIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 16, 2024• 1 min read
Ottawa’s Fall RhapsodyAn astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this view of peak fall foliage around Ottawa, Canada on Oct. 14, 2020. Sugar maple leaves turn orange-red, and hickories turn golden-bronze during autumn, regionally known as “the Fall Rhapsody.” Fall color reaches its peak when air temperatures drop and shortened daylight triggers plants to slow and stop […]
NASA Mobilizes Resource for HBCU Scholars, Highlighted at ConferenceIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 16, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Mobilizes Resource for HBCU Scholars, Highlighted at ConferenceNASA will spotlight its program to engage underrepresented and underserved students in science, technology, engineering, and math at the 2024 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference in Philadelphia, from Sunday, Sept. 15, to Thursday, Sept. 19. As part of the White House’s initiative to advance educational equity and economic opportunities through HBCUs, […]
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EU Report Advocates for Scrapping ESA Geo-Return PolicyIMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Sep 14, 2024• 1 min read
EU Report Advocates for Scrapping ESA Geo-Return PolicyIn a report commissioned by the European Union, former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi called for ESA to scrap its geographical return policy to ensure the continent’s space industry remains competitive in the global market. Published on 9 September, Draghi’s The Future of European Competitiveness report offers in-depth analysis and recommendations on the future […]
Sols 4304-4006: 12 Years, 42 Drill Holes, and Now… 1 Million ChemCam Shots!IMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Sep 13, 2024• 1 min read
Sols 4304-4006: 12 Years, 42 Drill Holes, and Now… 1 Million ChemCam Shots!Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 Today, I need to talk about ChemCam, our laser and imaging instrument on the top of Curiosity’s mast. It one of the instruments in the “head” that gives Curiosity that cute look as if it were looking around tilting its head down to the rocks at the rover’s […]
NASA Airport Throughput Prediction ChallengeIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 13, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Airport Throughput Prediction ChallengeThe Digital Information Platform (DIP) Sub-Project of Air Traffic Management – eXploration (ATM-X) is seeking to make available in the National Airspace System a variety of live data feeds and services built on that data. The goal is to allow external partners to build advanced, data-driven services using this data and to make these services […]
Firefly preparing new launch pads in Virginia, Sweden for Alpha rocketIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Sep 12, 2024• 1 min read
Firefly preparing new launch pads in Virginia, Sweden for Alpha rocketFirefly Aerospace, the decade-old spaceflight company based in Cedar Park, Texas, is now working on an additional launch site for its operational Alpha small satellite launcher and upcoming Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) in Virginia. In addition, the company is planning to build an Alpha launch site overseas in Sweden for the European market. Firefly recently answered NSF’s questions about future launch sites and current operations. These sites will join the company’s existing Alpha launch site, Space Launch Complex-2W (SLC-2W) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. A Firefly site at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Space Launch Complex-20 (SLC-20) is not a current priority, but future use is possible.
FAA defends Starship licensing delaysIMAGE
spacenews.com• Sep 12, 2024• 1 min read
FAA defends Starship licensing delaysA day after harsh criticism from Congress and industry, the FAA defended its approach to launch licensing and, specifically, its work with SpaceX.
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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Arrive at Space StationIMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 11, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Arrive at Space StationNASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover period. After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically docked to the orbiting laboratory’s Rassvet module at 3:32 […]
NASA Remembers Sept. 11IMAGE
nasa.gov• Sep 11, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Remembers Sept. 11The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and a significant change in American culture. Each year, we pause and remember. Beyond honoring the Americans who died that day, NASA also assisted FEMA in New York in the days afterward, and remembered the victims by providing flags […]