NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision.

Posted June 28, 2024

Johnson Space Center

International Space Station (ISS)

International Space Station Division

Johnson Flight Operations

Johnson's Mission Control Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

People of Johnson

Station Nation: Meet Katie Burlingame, ETHOS Flight Controller and Instructor in the Flight Operations Directorate

Katie Burlingame is an ETHOS (Environmental and Thermal Operating Systems) flight controller and instructor in the Flight Operations Directorate supporting the International Space Station.

Posted June 27, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

General

NASA Centers & Facilities

Sustainability at Kennedy Space Center

NASA Kennedy Team Recognized During White House Sustainability Awards

A team of seven NASA Kennedy employees was recognized by the White House for charging ahead with the expansion of the agency’s sustainable electric vehicle (EV) fleet at Kennedy Space Center. They did so at minimal cost to taxpayers while also offering zero emission EV charging for any workers and visitors willing to pay out […]

Posted June 27, 2024

Johnson Space Center

Astronauts

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Raja Chari

Unity in Orbit: Astronauts Soar with Pride Aboard Station

A powerful symbol of pride waved high above Earth aboard the International Space Station in December 2021, reflecting NASA’s commitment to a collaborative and inclusive environment in human spaceflight.

Posted June 25, 2024

CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

NASA Centers & Facilities

Small Satellite Missions

NASA CubeSats Loaded for Launch

Eight CubeSats that are part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative have been integrated into Firefly Aerospace’s deployment hardware and are ready to be encapsulated into the payload fairing of Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The launch, named “Noise of Summer,” will lift off early this summer from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]

Posted June 20, 2024

NASA Centers & Facilities

Apollo

General

Kennedy Space Center

NASA History

NASA Preserves Its Past at Kennedy While Building Future of Space

Current and former employees of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida gathered recently to celebrate the installation of a Florida Historical Marker cast in bronze at the location of the spaceport’s old headquarters building. The first of its kind inside the center’s secure area, the marker is the latest example of the center’s commitment to […]

Posted June 20, 2024

Goddard Space Flight Center

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Headquarters

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Awards Logistic Services, Management Contract

NASA has awarded the Goddard Logistics Services Contract to TRAX International Corporation of Las Vegas to provide logistics services and management for NASA missions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes a base period and up to five options with a potential contract value of approximately $265 million if all options are exercised.

Posted June 18, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

Launch Services Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

NASA Sets Launch Coverage for NOAA Weather Satellite

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m.

Posted June 18, 2024

Neutral Buoyancy Lab

Johnson Space Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Awards Contract for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations

NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for labor support to ensure continuing safe operations of the Sonny Carter Training Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations Contract II has a two-year base period that begins Oct.

Posted June 18, 2024

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Headquarters

NASA Safety Center