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NASA to Host Media Teleconference on Asteroid Sample Return Mission
NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 19, to announce new science from the agency’s first mission to return to Earth an asteroid sample that may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft launched Sept. 8, 2016, and began orbiting the…
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NASA Administrator Statement on NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, FY 2020 Budget
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine: “President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 NASA budget is one of the strongest on record for our storied agency. At $21 billion, this budget represents a nearly 6 percent increase over last year’s request and comes at a time of constrained resources across the federal government. It also is a huge vote of confidence…
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NASA Secures First International Partnership for Moon to Mars Lunar Gateway
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the announcement Thursday by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about Canada’s support for the Gateway lunar outpost and deep space exploration: “NASA is thrilled that Canada is the first international partner for the Gateway lunar outpost. Space exploration is in Canada’s DNA. In 1962, Canada became the third nation to…
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NASA Awards Contract for Protective Services at Houston Facilities
NASA has awarded a contract to Praetorian Standard Inc., of Fayetteville, North Carolina, a service disabled veteran-owned small business, to provide comprehensive security services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, as well as facilities managed by Johnson. The firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Johnson Space Center Protective Services Contract II (JSCPSC II) begins May 1 with a two-year base period…
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NASA, SpaceX Launch First Flight Test of Space System Designed for Crew
For the first time in history, a commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket, which launched from American soil, is on its way to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 2:49 a.m. EST Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “Today’s successful launch…
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NASA Selects Mission to Study Space Weather from Space Station
NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. Space weather is important because it can have profound impacts – affecting technology and astronauts in space, disrupting radio communications and, at its most severe, overwhelming power grids. The new experiment will, for the first time, obtain global…
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NASA Awards Support Services Contract for Exploration Ground Systems Program
NASA has selected LJT & Associates, Incorporated of Columbia, Maryland, to provide support services to the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract begins April 1 with an 18-month base period, followed by five one-year options that, if exercised, will extend to Sept. 30, 2026. The total contract value…
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Press Releases
NASA Administrator Statement on Israeli Moon Mission
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday’s launch of Israel’s first mission beyond Earth’s orbit. SpaceIL’s lander blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and now is on its way to becoming the first commercial lander to reach the Moon’s surface. “Congratulations to SpaceIL and the Israel Space Agency. This is a…
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New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space
Swirling white clouds, deep blue oceans and multicolored landscapes bring to life the pages of NASA’s new 168-page book “Earth,” a collection of dramatic images captured by Earth-observing satellites. The book is available now in hardcover and ebook, and online with interactive features. From a lava field in Iceland to the icy Patagonian landscape of South America, the 69 images…
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NASA Selects New Mission to Explore Origins of Universe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — NASA has selected a new space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common are the ingredients for life in our galaxy’s planetary systems. The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission is a planned two-year mission funded at $242 million (not including launch…
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