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NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award

By |2024-09-06T16:13:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selected contractors, and a [...]

NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

By |2024-09-06T15:15:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at NASA Langley Research Center with a globe, or “Celestial Training Device,” in 1962. Credit: NASA / Langley Research Center NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, recognizing the women who [...]

NASA Scientific Balloon Takes Flight With Student-Built Payloads

By |2024-09-06T14:59:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student Platform) scientific balloon mission launched Sept. 4, 2024, during NASA’s fall balloon campaign in Fort Sumner, N.M.NASA/Erin Reed NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program’s fifth balloon mission of the 2024 fall campaign took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the [...]

NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 71

By |2024-09-06T14:20:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station with (pictured left to right) NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NASA astronaut Don Pettit will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey [...]

NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission

By |2024-09-06T13:30:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will occur after a key decision point meeting earlier that [...]

NASA Summer Camp Inspires Future Climate Leaders

By |2024-09-06T12:12:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn Home NASA Summer Camp Inspires… Earth Science Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Stories Science Activation Highlights Citizen Science   2 min read NASA Summer Camp Inspires Future Climate Leaders From July 15-19, 2024, the Coastal Equity and Resilience Hub at the Georgia Institute of Technology collaborated with [...]

Starliner “Go” for Departure, Research and Upkeep Top Friday’s Schedule

By |2024-09-06T11:55:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s forward-facing port of the Harmony module as the orbiting lab soared 264 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is “go” to undock from the International Space Station at 6:04 p.m. EDT today, Sept. 6. On orbit, the Expedition 71 crew wrapped the [...]

CubeSats are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit

By |2024-09-06T11:35:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Tiny satellites, also known as CubeSats, are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer on the outside of the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module. The CubeSats were delivered aboard the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter and will serve a variety of educational and research purposes for public [...]

OSAM-1 Partnership Opportunity: Request for Information 

By |2024-09-06T09:07:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is exploring potential partnerships for alternate use cases for the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) flight hardware, test facilities, and experienced personnel. Through a Request for Information for OSAM-1 Partnerships released Sept. 5, 2024, NASA seeks interest from U.S. organizations that [...]

Hubble Examines a Busy Galactic Center

By |2024-09-06T07:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Hubble Space Telescope Home Hubble Examines a Busy… Missions Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts [...]

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