Category Archives: Space

[rNASA Invites Media to Silicon Valley Center for Celebration of Women Leaders Media are invited to join NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, astronaut Megan McArthur and several special guests, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, for a Women’s Equality Day event Monday, Aug. 26 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-silicon-valley-center-for-celebration-of-women-leaders

[rNASA TV to Air US Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station Filled with almost 2,700 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station Tuesday, Aug. 27. NASA Television and the agency’s website will broadcast its departure live beginning at 10:15 a.m. EDT. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-us-cargo-ship-departure-from-space-station

[rNASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Available for Last Interviews Before Space Mission NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will be available from 7 to 8:15 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 4, for her final live satellite interviews before launching on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronaut-jessica-meir-available-for-last-interviews-before-space-mission

[rNASA Administrator to Tour New Colorado Aerospace Complex, Discuss Artemis Program Media are invited to accompany NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at 10 a.m. MDT Friday, Aug. 23, during his visit to the University of Colorado Boulder, where he will tour a newly-completed aerospace engineering complex. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-administrator-to-tour-new-colorado-aerospace-complex-discuss-artemis-program

[rNASA Television to Broadcast Sixth Meeting of the National Space Council NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the sixth meeting of the National Space Council at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 20, from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-to-broadcast-sixth-meeting-of-the-national-space-council

[rNASA Administrator, Members of Congress to Discuss Ohio’s Role in Artemis Program Media are invited to accompany NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, U.S. Senator Rob Portman and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio Wednesday, Aug. 21, as they visit the agency’s Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland and Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, to view progress on the agency’s Artemis program. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-administrator-members-of-congress-to-discuss-ohio-s-role-in-artemis-program

[rNASA Awards Contract for Specialized Engineering, Evaluation, Test Services NASA has awarded the NASA-wide Specialized Engineering, Evaluation and Test Services (NSEETS) contract to the Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California, to provide on- and off-site project management, independent multidisciplinary engineering services, testing, consulting, contractor on-site monitoring, and evaluation of project and/or progra Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-contract-for-specialized-engineering-evaluation-test-services

[rNASA Marshall to Lead Artemis Program’s Human Lunar Lander Development NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was joined Friday by U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks and Robert Aderholt of Alabama and Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to announce the center’s new role leading the agency’s Human Landing System Program for its return to the Moon by 2024. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-marshall-to-lead-artemis-program-s-human-lunar-lander-development

[rNASA Television Coverage Set for Uncrewed Soyuz Mission to Space Station An uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft is set to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 11:38 p.m. EDT (8:38 a.m. Aug. 22 Baikonur time) on a test flight to validate the spacecraft’s compatibility with a revamped Soyuz booster rocket. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-coverage-set-for-uncrewed-soyuz-mission-to-space-station

[rNASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space NASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA develop better models to predict space weather events that can affect astronauts and spacecraft. Source: NASA Breaking news http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-proposals-to-demonstrate-smallsat-technologies-to-study-interplanetary