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NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two of her Expedition 59 crewmates returned to Earth from the International Space Station Monday, landing safely in Kazakhstan at 10:47 p.m. EDT (8:47 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, local time) after months of science and four spacewalks aboard the microgravity laboratory. McClain, Expedition 59/Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency…
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NASA Selects Missions to Study Our Sun, Its Effects on Space Weather
NASA has selected two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s response. The Sun generates a vast outpouring of solar particles known as the solar wind, which can…
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NASA Awards Environmental Test, Integration Services Contract
NASA has awarded the Environmental Test and Integration Services III contract to Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems’ Technical Services Division (TSD) in Greenbelt, Maryland. The maximum value of this cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is $274 million. The contract begins Aug. 1 with a 60-day phase-in period, followed by a five-year ordering period that ends Sept. 30, 2024. TSD will provide environmental test…
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NASA Awards Contract for Near-Earth Mission Services
NASA has awarded the Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract to Peraton, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia, to perform telemetry, tracking and command services for near-Earth missions. The SENSE contract begins July 3 with a 90-day phase-in period, followed by a five-year ordering period that runs through Sept. 30, 2024. The maximum value of this cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is…
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NASA Invests $45M in US Small Businesses for Space Tech Development
American businesses will help NASA land astronauts on the Moon in five years and establish a sustainable presence there, as part of the agency’s larger Moon to Mars exploration approach. NASA has selected 363 proposals from small businesses and research institutions across 41 states to help advance the types of capabilities needed for those future missions, as well as to support the…
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NASA Invests in Tech Concepts Aimed at Exploring Lunar Craters, Mining Asteroids
Robotically surveying lunar craters in record time and mining resources in space could help NASA establish a sustained human presence at the Moon – part of the agency’s broader Moon to Mars exploration approach. Two mission concepts to explore these capabilities have been selected as the first-ever Phase III studies within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. “We are pursuing new technologies across…
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Press Releases
NASA Opens International Space Station to New Commercial Opportunities, Private Astronauts
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit. This move comes as NASA focuses full speed ahead on its goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, where American companies also will play an essential role…
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NASA to Announce Commercial Opportunities at International Space Station
NASA will announce the agency’s plans to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial activities at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, June 7, at Nasdaq in New York City. The news conference will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Participants in the news briefing are: Jeff DeWit, chief financial officer, NASA Headquarters Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, NASA’s…
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Pennsylvania Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on International Space Station
Students from Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to speak live with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station at 1:40 p.m. EDT Monday, June 3. The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA television and the agency’s website. Christina Koch will answer questions from Asbury Elementary School students. The school, in Fairview, Pennsylvania, and community partners have collaborated to provide students with science,…
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CuriosityStream Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing this Summer With World Premiere of “Return to the Moon” and “New Moon Mondays” Featuring Content, Experts and Partners
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CuriosityStream– the award-winning streaming and on-demand destination from Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks – launches its 50th anniversary summer celebration of the lunar landing with the world premiere 4K film Return to the Moon on June 13 and kicks off New Moon Mondays the following week on June 17. “Return to the Moon” premieres on CuriosityStream June 13th, and is available to watch any time on demand. To…
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