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NASA Awards Contract for Software Licenses, Renewals, Support
NASA has awarded ThunderCat Technology LLC of Reston, Virginia, to provide ServiceNow products, renewals and support services for purchase when needed with a Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurements (SEWP) Catalog. The firm-fixed-price SEWP Catalog begins Oct. 31 with a one-year base period, followed by four one-year options, and has a maximum total value of approximately $77 million. The SEWP Catalog is…
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NASA to Highlight Artemis, Commercial Space Opportunity at SpaceCom Conference
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — NASA leaders, engineers and scientists from across the agency will discuss NASA’s progress toward its Artemis lunar exploration efforts at the fifth SpaceCom, America’s Commercial Space Conference and Exposition, Nov. 20 and 21 in Houston. Session panels will highlight commercial sector opportunities as NASA works to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, and feature…
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NASA Assigns Chris Cassidy to Next Space Station Crew, Holds Media Briefing
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will return to the International Space Station next April. Cassidy will join his crewmates – Russian space agency Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin – to discuss their upcoming mission during a news conference at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 7, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The briefing will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.…
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NASA Selects Minority-Serving Institutions to Advance Aerospace Manufacturing
The Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) of NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement is partnering with the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate to provide students at minority-serving institutions the education and experience needed to help address manufacturing needs in the U.S. aerospace sector. The MUREP Aerospace High-Volume Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Cooperative will provide almost $1.5 million to…
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NASA Administrator, Astronaut Candidate to Visit University of North Carolina
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and astronaut candidate Zena Cardman will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) Wednesday to Thursday, Nov. 6-7, to discuss the agency’s Artemis program. Their visit is part of the university’s annual Research Week, which celebrates Carolina research and inspires students and faculty to explore new ideas. Media are invited to attend several events, including an interview availability with…
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NASA TV to Air Departure of Japanese Cargo Spacecraft from Space Station
NASA will broadcast the departure of a Japanese cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station beginning at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, Nov. 1, on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Ground controllers will use the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s H-II Transport Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) several hours before its release. Expedition 61 Flight Engineers Christina Koch and Jessica Meir of NASA will…
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Maine Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Students from Maine will have an opportunity next week to talk live with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:35 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 29, on NASA television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will answer questions from students in grades 3-12 from Eastern Aroostook Regional School Unit #39. Meir, who is an…
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NASA Administrator Presents Medal to John Culberson
NASA is honoring John Culberson, former U.S. representative from Texas, with an agency Distinguished Public Service Medal. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine presented the award to Culberson during a presentation Friday at the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington. Culberson served in the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019 representing Texas’ seventh congressional district in west Houston. He served 16…
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NASA Administrator Invites Public to Update on Agency’s Return to Moon
The public is invited to join NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at 9:40 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 25, for an update on the agency’s Artemis program and the critical role international partnerships have in returning astronauts to the Moon and going on to Mars. The discussion, entitled “From the Moon to Mars: NASA’s Artemis Program,” will occur during Public Day at the 70th International Astronautical…
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NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration
NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report and a recommendation from the NASA Advisory Council. With NASA, international, and commercial entities planning bold missions to explore our solar system and return samples to Earth, the context…
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