February 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology Demonstration
By Wayne Smith In his youth, NASA technologist Les Johnson was riveted by the 1974 novel “The Mote in God’s Eye,” by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, in which an alien spacecraft propelled by solar sails visits humanity. Today, Johnson and a NASA team are preparing to test a similar technology. NASA continues to unfurl […]
Posted February 12, 2024
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Former Astronauts
Astronaut Charles F. Bolden, STS-60 commander, sits at the commander’s station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery in this image from February 1994.
Posted February 12, 2024
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Spacesuits
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
A key NASA design milestone was recently completed by Collins Aerospace as the company works to develop a next-generation spacesuit for use on the International Space Station.
Posted February 12, 2024
Missions
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 87 resupply spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 10:25 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 14 (8:25 a.m. Baikonur time Thursday, Feb. […]
Posted February 12, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will host a media day at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in the first-floor lobby of Building 4221 on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, to introduce new Center Director Joseph Pelfrey. Media are invited to meet and speak with Pelfrey about his role. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson named Pelfrey […]
Posted February 12, 2024
Organizations
Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Dwight Deneal will serve as the new assistant administrator for the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, effective immediately.
Posted February 12, 2024
PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)
Climate Change
Cryosphere
Earth
Ice & Glaciers
Oceans
Launching in spring 2024, the two small satellites of the agency’s PREFIRE mission will fill in missing data from Earth’s polar regions. Two new miniature NASA satellites will start crisscrossing Earth’s atmosphere in a few months, detecting heat lost to space.
Posted February 12, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
Citizen Science
Eclipses
Get Involved
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Skywatching
When darkness sweeps across the landscape during a total solar eclipse, unusual things start happening. Fooled by the false dusk, birds stop singing, crickets start chirping, and bees return to their hives. Reports of these atypical animal behaviors date back centuries, but the effects of an eclipse on plant and animal life are not fully […]
Posted February 12, 2024
Astrophysics
Biological & Physical Sciences
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Planetary Science
Snow and ice are everywhere this time of year—mountain tops, Alaska, and even outer space. Grab a cup of hot cocoa and join us for the next Do NASA Science LIVE event as we explore ways to participate in NASA’s winter-themed volunteer research projects. On this interactive Zoom call, you’ll chat with five scientists who will describe […]
Posted February 12, 2024
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
Artemis Accords
Bill Nelson
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in a signing ceremony Friday with Greece’s foreign minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, as his country became the 35th country to sign the Artemis Accords. The accords establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations. Also participating in the event at the U.S.
Posted February 9, 2024
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