October 2023

International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
Technology Research
As of spring 2023, NASA has invested greater than $60M in more than twenty In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards to U.S.
Posted October 31, 2023
Kennedy Space Center
NASA has awarded the Kennedy Operational and Institutional Support (KOIS) contract to Chiricahua-Logical Joint Venture of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide services at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. KOIS is an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity, Level of Effort contract that includes a one-month phase-in period beginning Nov.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
NASA knows it takes a village to make commercial manufacturing in space a reality. NASA is collaborating with experts from industry, academia and other U.S. Government agencies on the technologies in play with the InSPA portfolio.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) implementation strategy consists of a multi-phase award process to demonstrate proof-of-concept, advance to high production quality, and ultimately to achieve scalability on a commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) destination or platform.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
For Researchers
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
After four decades of microgravity research, NASA and the ISS National Lab have identified numerous applications that are within reach for NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) portfolio.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
For Researchers
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
Why Go To Space
NASA supports In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards to help the selected companies raise the technological readiness level of their products and move them to market, propelling U.S. industry toward the development of a sustainable, scalable, and profitable non-NASA demand for services and products in low-Earth orbit.
Posted October 31, 2023
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
The James Webb Space Telescope truly explores the unknown, displaying stunning images of previously unseen corners of the universe only possible because of the telescope’s 21-foot segmented mirror that unfurled and assembled itself in space.
Posted October 31, 2023
Juno
Ganymede
Jupiter Moons
The Solar System
Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates a briny past may be bubbling to the surface on Jupiter’s largest moon. NASA’s Juno mission has observed mineral salts and organic compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede.
Posted October 30, 2023
NASA History
On Oct. 29, 1998, NASA astronaut John H. Glenn made history again when he returned to space aboard space shuttle Discovery’s STS-95 mission, nearly 37 years after becoming the first American in orbit during his February 1962 Friendship 7 mission. The seven-member STS-95 crew consisted of Commander Curtis L. Brown, Pilot Steven W.
Posted October 30, 2023
Citizen Science
Planetary Science
Volunteers working with The Daily Minor Planet have made the project’s first big discovery: an asteroid passing very near planet Earth. On the night of October 3rd, a telescope for the Catalina Sky Survey snapped four pictures of a far northern section of the sky. The next day, volunteers  H. N. DiRuscio, X. Liao, V. Gonano and […]
Posted October 30, 2023
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