NASA News and Features
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NASA Selects Four Small Explorer Mission Concept Studies
NASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies.

NASA Invites Media to Upcoming SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation is open through Oct. 18, 2023, for SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.

NASA Announces Launch Services for Pair of Space Weather Satellites
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission.

Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month: Patriot Construction Supports NASA Ames Research Center
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) is highlighting the contributions made by Hispanic-owned businesses to NASA’s mission. Through collaborative efforts, Patriot Construction, Inc. has played a pivotal role in the enhancement…

NASA’s New Horizons to Continue Exploring Outer Solar System
NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system. Beginning in fiscal year 2025, New Horizons will focus on gathering unique heliophysics data, which can be readily obtained during an extended,…

Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn’t Be There
A large, gaseous exoplanet orbits a red giant star that should have destroyed it. It’s 530 light-years from Earth.

Two NASA Goddard Earth Scientists Receive AGU Awards
Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum and Dr. John Bolten, both of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received American Geophysical Union (AGU) awards this month.

NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions
NASA is funding eight new studies aimed at better understanding how the human body reacts to spaceflight. These studies will be done on Earth without the need for samples and data from astronauts. Collectively, these studies will help measure physiological…

Science in Space: Week of Sept. 29, 2023 – Fire Safety in Space
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted a variety of scientific investigations during the week ending Sept. 29, 2023, including FLARE. This JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) investigation explores the flammability of materials in microgravity. Current tests of materials…

Near-Earth Asteroids as of September 2023
September 2023 Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely facts about comets and asteroids that could pose an impact hazard with Earth. Here is the what we’ve found for…

Life Encapsulated: Inside NASA’s Orion for Artemis II Moon Mission
On NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission, four astronauts will fly inside the Orion spacecraft and venture around the Moon, becoming the first to lay their eyes on our celestial neighbor at a relatively close distance in more than 50 years.…

NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust-Filled Martian Whirlwind
The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater. The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Aug.…

To Study Atmosphere, NASA Rockets Will Fly into Oct. Eclipse’s Shadow
A NASA sounding rocket mission will launch three rockets during the 2023 annular eclipse in October to study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere. On Oct. 14, 2023, viewers of an annular solar eclipse in the Americas will experience the…

Huntsville Symphony String Quartet Performs at Marshall
By Jessica Barnett NASA Marshall Space Flight Center team members were treated to a special 30-minute performance by musicians from the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra inside Activities Building 4316 on Sept. 21. The string quartet included two violinists, a violist, and…

NASA’s Webb Receives IAF Excellence in Industry Award
The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) has awarded its Excellence in Industry Award to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The award will be presented at the 2023 International Astronautical Congress, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 2 through Oct. 6, 2023. …

NASA Prize Targets Inclusive Community Building for Tech Development
Revolutionary space technology research and development relies on novel ideas across America. To that end, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is rolling out an innovative engagement strategy to help enhance outreach efforts, reduce barriers to entry, and attract high-quality…

Introducing the 2023 Eclipse Explorer: Your Interactive Guide to the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse
By Alex GurvichNASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Have you ever wondered how to track an eclipse down to the exact second? NASA has you covered! As the countdown to the highly anticipated Oct. 14, 2023, annular solar eclipse continues, NASA…

Living on the Edge: Supernova Bubble Expands in New Hubble Time-Lapse Movie
Though a doomed star exploded some 20,000 years ago, its tattered remnants continue racing into space at breakneck speeds – and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has caught the action. The nebula, called the Cygnus Loop, forms a bubble-like shape that…

Hubble Views a Glistening Red Nebula
Just in time for the fall foliage season, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a glistening scene in red. It reveals a small region of the nebula Westerhout 5, which lies about 7,000 light-years from Earth. Suffused…

NASA Publishes Beta Flagship, Science Websites as Improvements Continue
NASA has switched its primary World Wide Web addresses to a beta version of the new NASA.gov and science.nasa.gov websites, continuing the long-term development and consolidation of its public web presence. The new sites will offer visitors an improved, intuitive…

Commercial Law Resources
The following resources relevant to the Commercial Law Practice Group are available on this site.Note: the information below is updated annually, and users of this web page will need to verify the accuracy of the citations and the information contained…

SCaN STEM Navigation Activities
Navigate Space: Space Communications and Navigation Workbook Grades 8 – 12 NASA navigates throughout the solar system and beyond, revealing the mysteries of the universe. In this workbook, you’ll use basic mathematics concepts to explore space navigation. We’ll use simplified,…

Eleasa Kim: Supporting NASA’s Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development Program
For Eleasa Kim, being part of NASA’s Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development Program, also known as CLDP, is the perfect combination of working with technology and helping people. As the payload project integrator for CLDP supporting NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s…

Marshall Teams Combine to Make Space Station Science Reality
By Gina Hannah and Jonathan Deal For more than 20 years, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have worked diligently on science experiments that benefit humanity on Earth and in deep space. Getting these experiments to and from space is…

Marshall Bids Farewell to Former Center Director with Retirement Ceremony
By Jessica Barnett Hundreds filled Activities Building 4316 on Sept. 21 to offer their best wishes to former NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer as she takes on her next big adventure: retirement. Marshall team members brought gifts,…




