NASA Ground-Breaking Unearths New Generation Of Deep Space Network Antennas
NASA officials broke ground near Canberra, Australia on Wednesday, beginning a new antenna-building campaign to improve Deep Space Network communications. |
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NASA's Space Shuttle Program Successfully Conducts Final Motor Test In Utah
NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. |
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Science Team From Ames Research Center Wins 2009 NASA Software Of Year Award
The NASA World Wind Java computer program developed at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., is the winner of NASA's 2009 Software of the Year Award. |
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Kansas Students Connect With International Space Station Crew For Out Of This World Conversation
Astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth will discuss science and living in space with students from Mueller Aerospace and Engineering Discovery Magnet School in Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, March 2. |
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NASA Extends Johnson Space Center Facilities Contract
NASA exercised two one-year extension options with a combined value of $130 million for a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas. |
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NASA Hosts RockOn! 2010 University Rocket Science Workshop in June
U.S. university faculty and students are invited to a weeklong workshop to learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space. |
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Media Day Planned for First NASA Global Hawk Science Campaign
Reporters are invited to a media day in April to observe the first environmental science mission of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
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NASA Announces New Rocket Engine Testing Opportunity at Stennis
NASA's Stennis Space Center in Stennis, Miss., unveiled an initiative today to chart the future of the nation's premier rocket engine testing facility. |
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NASA Sets Coverage For Goes-P Weather Satellite Launch March 2
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P, or GOES-P, is scheduled for launch aboard a Delta IV rocket on Tuesday, March 2, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. |
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NASA Supports Univision Hispanic Education Campaign, Plans Ongoing Partnership
NASA is working with Univision Communications Inc. to develop a partnership in support of the Spanish-language media outlet's initiative to improve high school graduation rates, prepare Hispanic students for college, and encourage them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines. |
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NASA Increases Support Contract to Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., to provide launch services for expendable launch vehicles. |
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New NASA Web Page Sheds Light on Science of a Warming World
NASA has launched a new web page to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate. |
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NASA FY2011 Budget Summary Materials Posted
NASA published its Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Estimates on Monday, providing more information about the president's plan for the agency's future. |
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Restructured NASA Advisory Council Meets to Formulate Agency Guidance
The newly restructured NASA Advisory Council recently concluded its second meeting, held Feb. 18-19, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. |
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Crew Returns to Earth after Delivering the Last Major U.S. Portion of the International Space Station
Space shuttle Endeavour and six astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 10:20 p.m. EST landing Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
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NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls to Launch Pad; Liftoff Practice Set
Journalists are invited to cover the STS-131 space shuttle crew's practice countdown and related training March 2-5 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
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NASA Awards Agency-Wide Mission Network Services Contract
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has award AT&T of Vienna, Va., a contract to provide Mission Network Services for the agency. |
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NASA Awards Mississippi Information and Technical Services Contract
NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded a contract to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions LLC, or ARTS, a small business in Greenbelt, Md., to provide information and technical services at the center. |
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NASA Sets Out of this World News Conference with Shuttle Endeavour and Space Station Crews
The 11 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 8:39 p.m. CST on Thursday, Feb. 18. |
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NASA's WISE Mission Releases Medley of First Images
A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. |
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