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NASA
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms
NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms – known as solar particle storms – into planetary space. Not only will such information improve understanding of how our solar system works, but it ultimately can help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars by providing better information on how…
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#NASAatHome – Let NASA Bring the Universe to Your Home
NASA’s new Internet and social media special, NASA at Home, will show and engage you in the agency’s discoveries, research, and exploration from around the world and across the universe – all from the comfort of your own home. NASA at Home offers something for the whole family. It brings together a repository of binge-worthy videos and podcasts, engaging E-books on a variety of topics, do-it-yourself…
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NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Gateway Logistics Services
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, as the first U.S. commercial provider under the Gateway Logistics Services contract to deliver cargo, experiments and other supplies to the agency’s Gateway in lunar orbit. The award is a significant step forward for NASA’s Artemis program that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024 and build a sustainable…
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NASA Leadership Assessing Mission Impacts of Coronavirus
To protect the health and safety of the NASA workforce as the nation responds to coronavirus (COVID-19), agency leadership recently completed the first assessment of work underway across all missions, projects, and programs. The goal was to identify tasks that can be done remotely by employees at home, mission-essential work that must be performed on-site, and on-site work that will be…
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New Spinoff Publication Shares How NASA Innovations Benefit Life on Earth
As NASA pushes the frontiers of science and human exploration, the agency also advances technology to modernize life on Earth, including drones, self-driving cars and other innovations. NASA’s diverse missions spur the creation and improvement of thousands of new products that make life better for people around the world. Dozens of the latest examples are featured in the newest edition…
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NASA Selects Proposals to Study Volatile Stars, Galaxies, Cosmic Collisions
NASA has selected proposals for four missions that would study cosmic explosions and the debris they leave behind, as well as monitor how nearby stellar flares may affect the atmospheres of orbiting planets. Following detailed evaluations, the agency intends to select two proposals in 2021 to be the next astrophysics missions under the Explorers Program. The selected missions will be…
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NASA Awards Construction Contract to Multiple Companies
NASA has selected eight companies to perform new construction, rehabilitation and modification of agency facilities and infrastructure. The selected companies are: Erie Affiliates Inc. of Willoughby Hills, OhioFirewatch Contracting of Florida LLC of Tampa, FloridaHealtheon Inc. of New OrleansImbue Technology Solutions Inc. of Carnegie, PennsylvaniaPinnacle Construction Development Group Inc. of Independence, OhioPPW Builders Inc. of ClevelandRJ Runge Company Inc. of…
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NASA Administrator Statement on Coronavirus Situation
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine: “On Sunday, March 8, we received confirmation an employee at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). We believe the exposure at the center has been limited, but — out of an abundance of caution, and in consultation with Ames’ Center Director Eugene Tu, NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer Dr.…
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#BeAnAstronaut: NASA Seeks Applicants to Explore Moon, Mars
For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until 11:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 31, to apply. The call for more astronauts comes at a time when the agency is preparing to send the first woman and next man to the Moon with the Artemis program. Exploring the Moon…
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Press Releases
This Technology Will Help the Next Spacecraft ‘Stick the Landing’
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (PRWEB) MARCH 01, 2020 The next missions to space will require new technologies that are just now being developed and tested. One of the goals is to make spacecraft capable of high precision navigation and landing. On March 2, a panel of engineers and scientists whose job it is to help put astronauts in orbit and bring them home…
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