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NASA’s Moon to Mars Economic Impact Study Shows Significant Benefit for Virginia
HAMPTON, Va., Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NASA recently released an assessment of the economic impacts of NASA and the Moon to Mars (M2M) program for the nation as a whole, and each of the fifty states. The study shows Virginia is one of the most impacted states. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, directly contributes to this impact through jobs and partnerships with Virginia industry. NASA’s…
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NASA Report Details How Agency Significantly Benefits US Economy
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NASA released Friday the results of its first-ever agencywide economic impact report. The report shows that, through all NASA activities, the agency generated more than $64.3 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2019, supported more than 312,000 jobs nationwide, and generated an estimated $7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes throughout the United States. “In this new era…
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for IMAP Mission
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which includes four secondary payloads. IMAP will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a magnetic barrier surrounding our solar system. This region is where the constant flow of particles from our…
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NASA Invites Media, Public to Watch Cargo Launch to Space Station
NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting 10:27 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 29, for the launch of its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage of the launch from Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website, with prelaunch events Monday, Sept. 28, and Tuesday, Sept. 29. Loaded with nearly 8,000 pounds…
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NASA Invites Students to Join the Artemis Generation at SciFest Virtual Event
Venture with NASA to discover the future of flight, understand the portrait of planet Earth, and take the next steps in exploration at SciFest, the virtual STEM expo from the USA Science and Engineering Festival. The free event, which runs from Saturday, Sept. 26, through Saturday, Oct. 3, will feature NASA researchers, scientists, engineers, and technicians discussing various topics related…
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NASA to Provide Update on Agency’s First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt
NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 24, to provide an update on the agency’s first attempt to contact the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month. Teleconference audio and visuals will stream live on NASA’s website. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will travel to the asteroid’s surface…
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NASA, US Space Force Establish Foundation for Broad Collaboration
While advancing plans for unprecedented lunar exploration under the Artemis program, NASA also is building on a longstanding partnership with the Department of Defense with a new memorandum of understanding announced today by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and U.S. Space Force (USSF) Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond. The agreement, discussed during a Sept. 22 Mitchell Institute virtual event, commits the two…
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NASA Highlights Science, Business on Next Northrop Grumman Mission to Space Station
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 24, to discuss science investigations, technology demonstrations, and commercial products launching on Northrop Grumman’s 14th commercial resupply mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live online at: NASA Live Northrop Grumman is targeting Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10:26 p.m., for…
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NASA Awards Modification to Safety, Mission Assurance Services Contract
NASA has awarded a contract modification to Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston for safety and mission assurance (SMA) services. This modification increases the value of the current indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by $33.9 million to a maximum potential value of $266.7 million. The contract was awarded with a two-year base period that began Nov. 1, 2017, and six one-year options. Funding is…
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NASA Administrator to Discuss Collaboration with US Space Force
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will participate in a virtual discussion on the agency’s collaboration with the United States Space Force at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 22. This Space Power Forum event will stream live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, will join Bridenstine in this discussion,…
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