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NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 70

Three crew members will blast off on Thursday, March 21, to support Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. NASA will provide full coverage of launch and crew arrival at the microgravity laboratory. NASA astronaut Tracy C.

Posted March 18, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

BurstCube

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CubeSats

International Space Station (ISS)

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Small Satellite Missions

NASA Selects New Round of Candidates for CubeSat Missions to Station

NASA selected 10 small research satellites across eight states to fly to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s efforts to expand education and science opportunities, support technology advancement, and provide for workforce development. These small satellites, or CubeSats, use a standard size and form measured in units.

Posted March 18, 2024

General

Vision Statement of the Science Directorate at NASA Ames

Vision To be a world-leading science organization, which contributes substantially to NASA’s science mission enterprise. Mission To provide scientific leadership in research and flight missions, enabled by the excellence of a diverse workforce.

Posted March 18, 2024

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Leslie Livesay Named Deputy Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The first woman to serve as JPL’s deputy director, Livesay serves under Laurie Leshin, the first woman to lead the lab. Leslie Livesay begins her tenure as deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday, March 18. She succeeds Larry D. James, who served as deputy director since September 2013. During a career spanning […]

Posted March 18, 2024

Wallops Flight Facility

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Wallops Offers Career Inspiration to Delmarva Students

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, partners, and area employers joined forces on a mission to inspire more than 4,500 eighth-grade students seeking answers to all questions “career” at the 2024 Junior Achievement (JA) Inspire event.

Posted March 18, 2024

CoECI News

NASA Selects Winners of the Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge

NASA selected its Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge winners, awarding three teams $100,000 for their diverse, innovative approaches to address the escalating effects of wildfires and climate change.

Posted March 18, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

NASA to Send Research to Station Aboard 30th SpaceX Resupply Mission

New research and technology demonstrations for NASA are set to launch aboard the agency’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 4:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 21, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Posted March 15, 2024

Citizen Science

Planetary Science

NASA Volunteers Find Fifteen Rare “Active Asteroids”

Some extraordinary asteroids have “activity”—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA’s Active Asteroids project announced the discovery of activity on fifteen asteroids, challenging conventional wisdom about the solar system.

Posted March 15, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

People of NASA

Women at NASA

Women's History Month

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Participates in Women in Space Roundtable

The National Space Council hosted the Women in Space Roundtable on Monday, March 12, and Deputy Center Director Laurie Grindle from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was there to welcome Second Gentleman Mr. Douglas Emhoff and moderate a panel discussion.

Posted March 15, 2024

Mars

Mars Exploration Program

Mars Moons

Martian Moon Exploration (MMX)

Phobos

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission

On March 14, NASA delivered its gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer instrument to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) for integration onto JAXA’s MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission spacecraft and final system-level testing. NASA’s Mars-moon Exploration with Gamma Ray and Neutrons (MEGANE) instrument, developed by the Johns Hopkins Appli

Posted March 15, 2024