Space Operations Mission Directorate

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated March 11, 2024, to correct Hiroshi Sasaki’s title, correct the deadline for contacting the KSC Newsroom for information on the Return to Earth media teleconference, and add a SpaceX representative for the teleconference.

Posted March 9, 2024

NASA Headquarters

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Artemis

Budget & Annual Reports

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Mission Support Directorate

NASA Directorates

Science Mission Directorate

Space Operations Mission Directorate

NASA to Highlight Artemis, US Space Leadership During Annual Address

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will discuss the agency’s goals for the benefit of humanity during the annual State of NASA address on Monday, March 11. The event will coincide with the release of the Biden-Harris Administration’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal. The event will air live at 1 p.m. EDT on NASA+, NASA Television, the […]

Posted March 8, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Resupply

Humans in Space

ISS Research

Missions

Space Operations Mission Directorate

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

NASA Sets Science Webinar Coverage for Space Station Resupply Mission

In preparation for NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission, the agency will stream an International Space Station National Lab science webinar at 1 p.m. EST Friday, March 8, to discuss the hardware, technology demonstrations, and science experiments headed to the space station.

Posted March 8, 2024

Humans in Space

Astronauts

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Missions

NASA Headquarters

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews Prior to Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is available in limited opportunities to discuss her mission beginning at 8 a.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 26. The interviews will take place ahead of Dyson launching to the International Space Station in March. The virtual interviews will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website. Learn how […]

Posted February 20, 2024

Deep Space Network

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Communications Technology

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA’s New Experimental Antenna Tracks Deep Space Laser

Capable of receiving both radio frequency and optical signals, the DSN’s hybrid antenna has tracked and decoded the downlink laser from DSOC, aboard NASA’s Psyche mission. An experimental antenna has received both radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft as it travels through deep space.

Posted February 8, 2024

Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Psyche Mission

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Tech Demo Missions

NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser

The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video on Dec.

Posted December 18, 2023

Psyche Mission

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Tech Demo Missions

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data

DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time.

Posted November 17, 2023

Commercial Resupply

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Space Operations Mission Directorate

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

NASA, SpaceX Launch New Science, Hardware to Space Station

Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 29th commercial resupply mission, scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies of enhanced optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves, are on their way to the International Space Station.

Posted November 10, 2023

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Resupply

Humans in Space

Kennedy Space Center

Space Operations Mission Directorate

NASA Sets Coverage for Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station

Editor’s note: This release was updated on Nov. 1, to reflect a change in the docking time for NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 mission. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:16 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 7, to launch the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy […]

Posted November 1, 2023