Transcript: Space4U podcast, Digger Carey, Pt. 1
by By Space Foundation Editorial Team Hello, I’m Andrew de Naray with the Space Foundation, and you’re listening to the Space4U podcast. Space4U is designed to …
Volunteer Spotlight: Kip Tarpley
By Space Foundation Editorial Team These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could …
Coverage Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Briefings, Events, Broadcasts
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station. Source:: …
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending April 9, 2021
By Hanh Le This week, the NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was safely released from its protective housing beneath the Perseverance rover on the surface of …
Acting NASA Administrator Statement on Agency FY 2022 Discretionary Request
The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress Friday the president’s priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending. The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/09/2021
By Bill Keeter 64 Soyuz Launch/Dock: 64S successfully launched at 2:43 AM CT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Oleg Novitskiy, Petr Dubrov, and Mark Vande …
Hubble Takes a Spiral Snapshot
The luminous heart of the galaxy M61 dominates this image, framed by its winding spiral arms threaded with dark tendrils of dust. Source:: Goddard
Celebrating Mary W. Jackson’s 100th Birthday
Mary W. Jackson (second from left) seen in 1984 Student Symposium at Langley Research Center. Source:: updates 3
NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station Friday, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the …
NASA Awards Global Change Research Support Services Contract
NASA has awarded the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Support Services contract to ICF Incorporated LLC of Fairfax, Virginia. Source:: Earth
NASA’s NICER Finds X-ray Boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s Radio Bursts
Data from NASA’s NICER telescope on the International Space Station have revealed X-ray surges accompanying radio bursts from the pulsar in the Crab Nebula. The …
NASA Selects Innovative, Early-Stage Tech Concepts for Continued Study
NASA encourages researchers to develop and study unexpected approaches for traveling through, understanding, and exploring space. Source:: updates 5
Symposium 365 Digital Platform To Feature Space Technology Innovation Panel and Conversation With USAF Brigadier General
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Space Technology: From Space to Earth and Back, April 14 Yuri’s Night interactive virtual celebration, April 17 Brigadier General …
Blue Dunes on the Red Planet
A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds Mars’ northern polar cap and covers an area as big as Texas. …
Transcript: Shelli Brunswick SheLeads Interview
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Shelli thank you so much for coming on to SheLeads today! I’m so excited to talk to you! How are …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/07/2021
By Bill Keeter Payloads AC Touch: Per standard procedure, the crew touched both the coated and uncoated coupons for this long-term investigation. Boeing Environment Responding …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Completes Final Tour of Asteroid Bennu
Early this morning, April 7, 2021, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission completed its last flyover of near-Earth asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx, with its pristine and precious asteroid sample …
Seven Ways the International Space Station Helps Us Study Plant Growth in Space
As NASA plans long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, a key factor is figuring out how to feed crews during their weeks, months, and …
NASA’s Webb Telescope Packs Its Sunshield for a Million Mile Trip
Engineers working on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have successfully folded and packed its sunshield for its upcoming million-mile (roughly 1.5 million kilometer) journey, which …
This Week in NASA History: STS-41C Launches – April 10, 1984
This week in 1984, space shuttle Challenger, mission STS-41C, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the first direct ascent trajectory for a space shuttle. …
Researching the Environment and COVID-19
Today is World Health Day and we’re funding studies to determine whether environmental factors influence the spread of the virus. Source:: updates 3
NASA Conducts 2nd RS-25 Test in Latest Series for Artemis Moon Missions
NASA conducted a second RS-25 single engine hot fire test April 6 as part of a new series to support the development and production of …
NASA Invites Public to Take Flight With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
NASA is targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 11, for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet. Source:: updates 5 …
NASA’s Lucy Stretches Its Wings in Successful Solar Panel Deployment Test
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of both solar panels, the final step in checking out these critical spacecraft components in preparation …
X-57 High Voltage Testing Begins
High voltage ground testing has begun on NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center
RS-25 Rocket Engines Return to Launch NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions
The rocket engine with one of the most storied histories in spaceflight, the RS-25, is returning to space for a second act – this time …
Hubble Spots Double Quasars in Merging Galaxies
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is “seeing double.” Peering back 10 billion years into the universe’s past, Hubble astronomers found a pair of quasars that are …
Expedition 65 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. …
Rice Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts on Space Station
Students from the Rice Space Institute will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Source:: updates 6 …
Watch Next Space Station Crew Launch Live on NASA TV, NASA App
Three space travelers, including NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, are poised to launch Friday, April 9, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International …
NASA’s Curiosity Team Names Martian Hill That Serves as Mission ‘Gateway’
The team of scientists and engineers behind NASA’s Curiosity rover named a hill along the rover’s path on Mars in honor of a recently deceased …
A View of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Resupply Ship
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus resupply ship, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays is pictured attached to the space station. Source:: updates 3
Transcript: Space4U podcast, Chris Falk
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Hello, this is Kelly Kedis-Ogborn with the Space Foundation and welcome to the Space4U podcast, a podcast to tell the …
NASA to Host Virtual Viewing of Orion Spacecraft Drop Test
Engineers will drop a 14,000-pound test version of the Orion spacecraft into the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA’s Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 29, 2021
Scientific activities conducted aboard the International Space Station the week of March 29 included testing the use of capillary fluidics to water plants, demonstrating a …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/02/2021
By Bill Keeter ISS Reboost: Today the ISS performed a reboost using the SM Aft 75P R&D thrusters at 7:14 AM CT. This is the …
Hubble Revisits the Veil Nebula
This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured in a previous Hubble image release. Source:: Goddard
NASA Awards Communications Program Mission Network Services Task Order
NASA has awarded a task order to AT&T Corporation of Virginia to provide support of the agency’s Communications Mission Network Services, including the highest quality, …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/01/2021
By Bill Keeter Payloads Astrobee: The crew used the Astrobee Free Flyer to collect additional visual data to create a map of the Japanese Payload …
NASA OSIRIS-REx’s Final Asteroid Observation Run
On Apr. 7, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will get one last close encounter with Bennu as it performs a final flyover to capture images of the …