NASA Awards Multiple Construction Contracts
NASA has awarded 24 Multiple Award Construction Contract Two (MACC-II) contracts to 20 small businesses and four under full and open competition to large firms …
Let's Dance with Aliens
NASA has awarded 24 Multiple Award Construction Contract Two (MACC-II) contracts to 20 small businesses and four under full and open competition to large firms …
Fireworks in Space: NASA’s Twins Study Explores Gene Expression Source:: space station 2
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NASA research engineer Mahmooda Sultana has been named the 2017 “IRAD Innovator of the Year,” an award bestowed annually on those who achieve significant results …
In this June 1973 photo, astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount. Weitz, who …
Space Station Unit to Study Genetics of Model Organisms Source:: space station 2
Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team Source:: updates
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Source:: updates
KODIAK, AK, (October 20, 2017) Continuing outreach efforts to keep the local community informed on activities at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA), Alaska …
Abstract: Manned missions beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) require that several strategic knowledge gaps about the effects of space travel on the human body be …
By HQ Lighting Effects: A 51S crewmember conducted a Visual Performance Test by stowing the hardware in their crew quarters, setting the light to the …
The mating of the GOES-T system module and core propulsion module occurred on September 22 at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado. Source:: Goddard
International Observe the Moon Night is an annual worldwide public event that encourages observation, appreciation and understanding of our Moon. Source:: Goddard
Saturn’s graceful lanes of orbiting ice — its iconic rings — wind their way around the planet to pass beyond the horizon in this view …
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: October 23, 2017 Location of sighting: Mars, Sol 1866, Spirit Rover, MER NASA URL: http://areo.info/mer/spirit/1866/tn/2P292019465EFFB0OAP2555L5M1_L2L5L5L7L7.jpg.html NASA URL 2: http://areo.info/mer/spirit/1866/tn/2P292019465EFFB0OAP2555L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg.html …
By Albert Venczel AN OPEN LETTER TO TOM DeLONGE By Albert Venczel Dear Tom; Give my regards to John Podesta, Peter Levenda, and Hal Putoff. …
NASA astronaut and Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik will spend one full orbit photographing Earth from the International Space Station on Monday, Oct. 23, and …
By HQ USOS Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) #46: Randy Bresnik (as EV1) and Joe Acaba (as EV2) successfully performed US EVA #46 with a Phased …
Abstract: The yield of chromosomal aberrations has been shown to increase in the lymphocytes of astronauts after long-duration missions of several months in space. Chromosome …
Abstract: The suite of exercise hardware aboard the International Space Station (ISS) generates an immense amount of data. The data collected from the treadmill, cycle …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
On Oct. 19, 2017, the Moon photobombed NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, when it crossed the spacecraft’s view of the Sun, treating us to …
This Hubble image shows what happens when two galaxies become one. The twisted cosmic knot seen here is NGC 2623 — or Arp 243 — …
The microgravity environment of space impacts nearly every system within the human body. Source:: space station 2
Most people never view a rocket launch in person, but more than 1,500 people watched the next closest thing at a NASA facility Oct. 19 …
Target: Jupiter Mission: Juno Instrument: JunoCam Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Source:: updates
Jupiter’s moon Amalthea casts a shadow on the gas giant planet in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Source:: updates 3
NASA has received the report from an independent, external review of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project. The review was commissioned by NASA …
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6A mission. Launch is currently targeted for November 2020, …
NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the Landsat 9 mission. The mission is currently targeted …
Karen Mohr, is the associate deputy director for Atmospheres, took a different path to get to Goddard. Source:: Goddard
Abstract: VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) related to oil and gas extraction operations in the United States were measured by H3O (sup plus) chemical ionization time-of-flight …
Abstract: We report the first hard X-ray observations with NuSTAR of the BL Lac-type blazar PKS2155-304, augmented with soft X-ray data from XMM-Newton and gamma-ray …
By HQ Circadian Rhythms: Yesterday a crewmember instrumented themselves with Thermolab Double Sensors and mounted the Thermolab Unit to their belt, which began 36 hours …
The subscale X-56A is scheduled for a series of research flights in November to prove enabling technology for designing aircraft with highly flexible, lightweight wings. …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Research indicates that Earth’s moon once had an atmosphere comparable to the atmosphere of Mars today. The ancient lunar atmosphere could have weathered rocks, produced …
Students at New Prospect Elementary School in Alpharetta, Georgia, will speak with the NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station …
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Oct. 19, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), test-fired its RS-25 engine, E2063, for 500 …