Johnson Space Center

White Sands Propulsion Team Tests 3D-Printed Orion Engine Component

When the Orion spacecraft carries the first Artemis crews to the Moon and back, it will rely on the European Service Module contributed by ESA (European Space Agency) to make the journey.

Posted May 7, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Johnson Space Center

Missions

Former NASA Center Director, Scientist to Receive Presidential Medals

President Joe Biden will present Dr. Ellen Ochoa, former center director and astronaut at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Dr. Jane Rigby, senior project scientist for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, each with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Friday in a ceremony at the White House in Washington. The Presidential Medal of […]

Posted May 3, 2024

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Events

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Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved

Opportunities For International Participants to Get Involved

Opportunities For Researchers to Get Involved

Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

Opportunities For U.S. Citizens to Get Involved

NASA Showcases Innovations at the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championships

NASA engaged with fans, student robotics teams, and industry leaders at the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championships held April 17-20, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Posted April 30, 2024

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Exploration Park

General

Johnson Celebrates New Opportunities for Space Industry in Texas

NASA’s Johnson Space Center was recently involved in two major announcements with important implications for the future of space exploration and the aerospace industry. On Feb. 29, 2024, NASA announced that the American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) signed an agreement to become a tenant at Johnson’s 240-acre Exploration Park.

Posted April 30, 2024

ISS Research

Commercial Crew

Commercial Resupply

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

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NASA’s Commercial Partners Deliver Cargo, Crew for Station Science

NASA partners with commercial companies to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation of cargo and crew members to and from the International Space Station.

Posted April 26, 2024

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Johnson Unveils Modern Four Nine Team Conference Center

On April 10, 2024, Johnson Space Center celebrated the opening of the Four Nine Team conference center housed in building 419.

Posted April 25, 2024

NASA Centers & Facilities

Johnson Space Center

NASA Astronaut to Inspire Artemis Generation in Boston

April 22, 2024 NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station National Laboratory, will visit Boston on Wednesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 25, as part of the agency’s Destination Station to highlight research opportunities aboard the station.

Posted April 23, 2024

Commercial Crew

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Kennedy Space Center

NASA Engineer Chris Lupo Receives 2024 Federal Engineer Award

The National Society of Professional Engineers named Chris Lupo, deputy chief engineer of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, as the agency’s 2024 Federal Engineer of the Year. Sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers in Government, the award recognizes engineers employed in the federal government.

Posted April 2, 2024

OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)

Asteroids

Goddard Space Flight Center

Johnson Space Center

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Collier Trophy

NASA and the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission team have won the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) Robert J. Collier Trophy.

Posted March 26, 2024

Johnson Space Center

NASA Remembers Former NASA Johnson Director George W. S. Abbey

March 25, 2024 RELEASE J24-008 NASA Remembers Former NASA Johnson Director George W. S. Abbey George W. S. Abbey, former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, died Sunday, March 24, in Houston after an illness. The Seattle native was 91. “A true visionary, Mr. Abbey demonstrated transformational leadership as Johnson’s seventh center director.

Posted March 25, 2024