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NASA Experts Go on Tour with The Color of Space Documentary

By |2023-02-22T12:54:00-05:00February 22nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA and Blue Origin’s Club for the Future will co-host multiple free in-person viewing events of the agency’s documentary, The Color of Space, at historically Black colleges and universities, conferences, festivals, and more nationwide. The documentary is a conversation between seven current and former Black astronauts, each of whom were selected [...]

NASA Virtual Aviation Showcase to Highlight Transformative Innovation

By |2023-02-22T12:01:00-05:00February 22nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Members of the media and public are invited to participate in NASA’s imaginAviation, a free, virtual event focusing on how the agency transforms research innovations into new possibilities for aviation for the benefit of humanity. Sessions run from Tuesday, Feb. 28, to Thursday, March 2.

NASA, Boeing to Host Media Call on First Crewed Starliner Flight Test

By |2023-02-16T15:14:00-05:00February 16th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA and Boeing will host a mission overview media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Friday, Feb. 17, to provide a status update on the first astronaut flight test of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for no earlier than April to the microgravity laboratory. [...]

NASA Selects Blue Origin to Launch Mars’ Magnetosphere Study Mission

By |2023-02-09T16:45:00-05:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA has awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington, a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as part of the agency's Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.

NASA’s ShadowCam Images Permanently Shadowed Regions from Lunar Orbit

By |2023-02-09T16:37:00-05:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

With the success of NASA’s Artemis I launch, the previously unexplored shadowy regions near the lunar South Pole where Artemis astronauts will land in 2025, are more within our reach than ever before. One instrument that will support these future lunar exploration efforts is a hypersensitive optical camera called ShadowCam. ShadowCam is one of [...]

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