December 2023

Stennis Space Center
A first-generation student from North Carolina will return to school in January feeling more motivated and better connected to her future thanks to time invested as a NASA Pathways Intern at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Raquel Cervantes Espinosa, the first member of her family to attend college and a rising […]
Posted December 21, 2023
General
Pamela A. Melroy
Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the importance of international partnerships and the societal benefits of space exploration, including NASA’s Earth science missions and the agency’s efforts to build a responsible, sustainable human presence in space during the Biden-Harris Administration’s third National Space Council meeting Wednesday, he
Posted December 21, 2023
Marshall Space Flight Center
Crew-6 Connects with Marshall Team Members During Visit By Celine Smith One week after the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 visited the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center to share their experience during Expedition 69. The event was held Dec. 14 in Building 4316.
Posted December 21, 2023
Commercial Resupply
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply
Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 22, four months after delivering more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA and its international partners.
Posted December 20, 2023
Glenn Research Center
NASA has awarded the Glenn-Langley Administrative Support Services (GLASS) contract to PBG FedSync JV LLC of McLean, Virginia, to provide administrative support services to various organizations, programs, and projects at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Posted December 20, 2023
Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)
In September 2022, the National Space Council directed NASA to “develop a plan for the next generation microgravity national lab in a commercial space station world.” NASA has been working to develop this strategy, to include considerations for establishing robust international partner pathways outlined in a report from NASA’s Office of Technology,
Posted December 20, 2023
SBIR STTR
Ames Research Center
General
Space Technology Mission Directorate
As part of NASA’s ongoing commitment to supporting American innovators and advancing new aerospace technologies the agency announced its second round of Phase I awards for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Ignite.
Posted December 20, 2023
NASA en español
Aeronáutica
NASA Home & City
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Read this feature in English here. Imagina pedir un taxi aéreo por app, como haces ahora con Uber o Lyft, para viajar a tu aeropuerto local: podrías elevarte por encima del tráfico de carretera y llegar mucho más rápido que si fueras en coche. Los creativos de la industria aeronáutica ya están diseñando servicios aéreos […]
Posted December 20, 2023
Aeronautics
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Researchers are one step closer to integrating air taxis and other electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles into the country’s busiest airports, thanks to a new air traffic simulation developed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and Joby Aviation.
Posted December 20, 2023
Earth
Natural Disasters
Wildfires
Flames burn orange through green conifers and golden aspen on the slopes of Monroe Mountain in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, sending gray and brown smoke billowing into the sky in this image from Oct. 9, 2023. This fire was intentionally set with a fire-dripping device suspended from a helicopter.
Posted December 20, 2023
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