Space
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NASA Awards Contract in Support of Simulation Model Development
NASA has awarded a contract to MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies of Houston to provide simulation model development, integration, verification, validation, analysis, documentation, maintenance, and troubleshooting support of Trick-based non-real-time and real-time human-in-the-loop simulations, and other support for the Engineering Directorate at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Trick Simulation environment is a generic simulation toolkit used for…
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NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor’ Planet Hugging White Dwarf Star
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope has reported what may be the first intact planet found closely orbiting a white dwarf, the dense leftover of a Sun-like star, only 40% larger than Earth. The Jupiter-size object, called WD 1856 b, is about seven times larger than the white dwarf, named WD 1856+534. It circles…
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NASA Names Robyn Gatens Acting Director for International Space Station
Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has named Robyn Gatens as acting director of the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters. The appointment was effective Aug. 25. Sam Scimemi, the former director, has assumed new responsibilities as a special assistant for the agency’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. “Robyn has demonstrated her leadership and strategic…
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NASA to Highlight Artemis Booster Test with Live Broadcast, Media Teleconference
NASA will broadcast a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket full-scale booster test at 2:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 2, on NASA Television and the agency’s website, followed by a media teleconference. The Flight Support Booster-1 test builds on three full-scale development test firings and two qualification test firings NASA and Northrop Grumman successfully completed with the five-segment solid rocket motor in preparation for the first…
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NASA Awards Environmental and Medical Services Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to HSG LLC of Las Vegas to provide the agency environmental management, environmental health, and medical services. As a multi-user spaceport for launches of government and commercial spaceflights, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have a recurring need for environmental and medical support services. The NASA Environmental and…
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NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Joins First Operational Boeing Crew Mission to Space Station
Photo Date: September 30, 2009 Location: Bldg. 8, Room 272 Photo Studio Subject: Official Astronaut portrait of Jeanette Epps Photographer: Robert Markowitz NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Epps will join NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada for a six-month expedition…
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NASA Awards Grants to Minority Serving Institutions to Improve Participation in Engineering
NASA has awarded 14 planning grants to Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) through its Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), part of the agency’s Office of STEM Engagement. The grants, totaling more than $587,000, are part of a phased partnership effort with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grants will encourage the development of coalitions aimed at broadening participation in…
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Press Releases
Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built
Our fascination with space spans generations. For more than 100 years, humans have dreamed of going to the Moon and exploring the farthest reaches of our galaxy.Technological advancements have made deep space exploration more possible than ever. There’s no better example than NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the largest, most powerful rocket ever built. SLS is designed for deep space,…
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NASA Awards Contract for Strategic Research and Analysis, Communications, Exhibits Services
NASA has awarded the Strategic Research and Analysis, Communications, and Exhibits Services (SRACES) contract to Media Fusion LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide comprehensive strategic research and analysis, communications, and exhibits services at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This is a firm-fixed-price contract with indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task orders. The contract begins Oct. 1, with a one-year…
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NASA Astronauts to Discuss Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Test Flight
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will discuss their recently completed SpaceX Demo-2 test flight mission to the International Space Station during a news conference at 4:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 4. The news conference from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will be broadcast live on NASA Television and on the agency’s website. This will be a virtual event with no media present,…
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