January 2024

NASA Headquarters
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for the agency and its partners.
Posted January 25, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA’s IXPE Team Awarded Prestigious Rossi Prize By Rick Smith NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) team has been awarded a top prize in high-energy astronomy.
Posted January 24, 2024
Commercial Space
Commercial Resupply
Glenn Research Center
International Space Station (ISS)
As part of NASA’s efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, media are invited to view Sierra Space’s uncrewed commercial spaceplane ahead of its first demonstration flight for the agency to the International Space Station in 2024. The Dream Chaser event is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 1, at […]
Posted January 24, 2024
Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
Opportunity (Rover)
Spirit (Rover)
NASA’s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, stand on the Martian landscape in this poster created to commemorate their 20th landing anniversary. The rovers landed in January 2004, on opposite sides of the planet in locales that scientists suspected had been affected by liquid water in the past. Their main scientific objective was to search for […]
Posted January 24, 2024
Artemis
Artemis Accords
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
During a ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels on Tuesday, Belgium became the 34th country to sign the Artemis Accords. The accords establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA’s Artemis campaign.
Posted January 24, 2024
Asteroids
Meteors & Meteorites
Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
The Scout impact assessment system calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a useful demonstration of planetary defense capability. A small asteroid about 3 feet (1 meter) in size disintegrated harmlessly over Germany on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 1:32 a.m. local time (CET).
Posted January 24, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Flight Opportunities Program
Game Changing Development Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA is announcing 60 winning teams for its third TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest to engage students in technology, science, and space exploration. The student teams will work together to turn their proposed science and technology experiments into reality ahead of NASA-sponsored suborbital flight tests this summer.
Posted January 24, 2024
Diversity at NASA
Careers
LGBTQ Pride
Celebrating Pride: Meet Bob Lutz At NASA, diversity and inclusion drive workplace creativity, innovation and mission success. For #PrideMonth we’re celebrating the stories of our #LGBTQ community. What is your role at NASA?I’m a computer engineer.
Posted January 24, 2024
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a NASA Safety Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Safety Town Hall is held annually near the Day of Remembrance to learn from past errors and pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the quest for […]
Posted January 24, 2024
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