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Commercial Space
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NASA researchers developed a Quiet Space Fan to reduce the noise inside crewed spacecraft, sharing the results with industry for potential use on future commercial space stations. Controlling noise inside spacecraft helps humans talk to each other, hear alarms clearer, get restful sleep, and minimizes the risk of hearing loss.
Posted October 23, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Media are invited to hear from NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams during an Earth to space call at 2:15 p.m. EDT, Friday, Sept. 13. The pair will participate in a news conference aboard the International Space Station in low Earth orbit. Coverage of the event will stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and […]
Posted September 9, 2024
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming activities for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft departure from the International Space Station and return to Earth. The uncrewed spacecraft will depart from the orbiting laboratory for a landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.
Posted August 30, 2024
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delivery award.
Posted August 29, 2024
EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)
Commercial Space
Goddard Space Flight Center
Kennedy Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study the solar wind’s interaction with the magnetosphere on Mars. Blue Origin is targeting no earlier than Sunday, Oct.
Posted August 26, 2024
Missions
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. About an hour later, NASA will host a live news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the media event on NASA+, NASA […]
Posted August 22, 2024
Low Earth Orbit Economy
Commercial Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
An element of a NASA-funded commercial space station, Orbital Reef, under development by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, recently completed a full-scale ultimate burst pressure test as part of the agency’s efforts for new destinations in low Earth orbit. This milestone is part of a NASA Space Act Agreement awarded to Blue Origin in 2021. […]
Posted July 25, 2024
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
NASA will host a pair of news conferences Friday, July 26, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to highlight upcoming crew rotation missions to the International Space Station. NASA will host a mission overview news conference at 12 p.m. EDT and provide coverage on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the […]
Posted July 19, 2024
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s ninth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is targeted for no earlier […]
Posted July 17, 2024
Johnson Space Center
Artemis
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of Johnson
The Future of Commercial Space
Christy Hansen’s journey with NASA spans more than two decades and is marked by roles that have shaped her into a leader in space exploration. Now serving on a six-month rotation as the deputy manager for NASA’s CLDP (Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program) at Johnson Space Center in Houston, she brings 25 years of […]
Posted July 9, 2024
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