September 2023

Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Red Giants
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
A large, gaseous exoplanet orbits a red giant star that should have destroyed it. It’s 530 light-years from Earth.
Posted September 30, 2023
Science & Research
Heliophysics
NASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies.
Posted September 29, 2023
Humans in Space
Commercial Resupply
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Media accreditation is open through Oct. 18, 2023, for SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.
Posted September 29, 2023
Small Satellite Missions
Earth
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.
Posted September 29, 2023
2023 Solar Eclipse
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Solar Eclipses
Sounding Rockets
Sounding Rockets Program
Uncategorized
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 Sun dimming to 10% its normal brightness, leaving only a bright “ring of fire” of […]
Posted September 29, 2023
Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
Hispanic Heritage Month
Organizations
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.
Posted September 29, 2023
New Horizons
Pluto
The Kuiper Belt
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, low-activity mode of operations.  While the science community is not currently aware of any re
Posted September 29, 2023
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of Goddard
People of NASA
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.
Posted September 29, 2023
Humans in Space
Human Research Program
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.
Posted September 29, 2023
ISS Research
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
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.
Posted September 29, 2023
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