Science Mission Directorate

The Space Science Institute, with funding from the NASA Science Mission Directorate and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, provided unprecedented training, support, and supplies to 15,000 libraries in the U.S. and territories in support of public engagement during the 2023 and 2024 eclipses.

Posted June 28, 2024

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

Earth Science

Goddard Space Flight Center

Kennedy Space Center

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

NASA, SpaceX Launch NOAA’s Latest Weather Satellite

NASA successfully launched the fourth and final satellite in a series of advanced weather satellites for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at 5:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday.

Posted June 26, 2024

Asteroids

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

Missions

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

NASA Selects Participating Scientists to Join ESA’s Hera Mission

NASA has selected 12 participating scientists to join ESA’s (European Space Agency) Hera mission, which is scheduled to launch in October 2024. Hera will study the binary asteroid system Didymos, including the moonlet Dimorphos, which was impacted by NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft on Sept. 26, 2022.

Posted June 25, 2024

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)

Planetary Science Division

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

NASA, Partners Conduct Fifth Asteroid Impact Exercise, Release Summary

For the benefit of all, NASA released a summary Thursday of the fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise. NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, in partnership with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and with the assistance of the U.S.

Posted June 20, 2024

Science Mission Directorate

Artemis, Architecture, and Lunar Science: SMD and ESDMD Associate Administrators visits Tokyo

June 18, 2024 At NASA we always say that exploration enables science, and science enables exploration.

Posted June 19, 2024

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

Earth Observatory

Earth Science Division

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $2.27 billion.

Posted June 18, 2024

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Planetary Defense

Planetary Science Division

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

NASA to Discuss Outcome of 5th Biennial Asteroid Threat Exercise

NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 20, to discuss a new summary of a recent tabletop exercise to simulate national and international responses to a hypothetical asteroid impact threat. The fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise was held April 2 and 3, 2024, at the Johns Hopkins […]

Posted June 14, 2024

Space Weather

Earth's Atmosphere

Heliophysics

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Funds Study of Proposals to Investigate Space Weather Systems

NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions to investigate the complex system of space weather that surrounds our planet and how it’s connected to Earth’s atmosphere.

Posted June 11, 2024

Natural Disasters

Earth Observatory

Earth Science

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media for Launch of New Disaster Response System

NASA invites media to an event at the agency’s headquarters at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 13, to learn about a new Disaster Response Coordination System that will provide communities and organizations around the world with access to science and data to aid disaster response. The event will be held in NASA’s James E. […]

Posted June 11, 2024

Science Mission Directorate

Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Visits Partners in Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, and France

A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of engaging with several of our strategic partners and friends across Europe. It was a full European tour: two weeks in Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece and France. Throughout the trip, I had many opportunities to discuss our exciting upcoming missions and the incredible impact NASA […]

Posted June 11, 2024