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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely Returns to Earth Near Florida Coast

After splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida early Monday morning, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 completed the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 186 days in orbit.

Posted September 4, 2023

Coverage Set as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Prepares for Splashdown

NASA will provide coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with hatch closure coverage live at 5 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Sept. 3.

Posted September 2, 2023

NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission, Optical Communications Demo

NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6, to discuss the agency’s upcoming Psyche mission, which will be its first to visit a metal-rich asteroid. Riding along with Psyche is a laser transceiver for NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration.

Posted September 1, 2023

Georgia, Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station

Students from Georgia and Texas will have separate opportunities next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Posted September 1, 2023

NASA Completes Last OSIRIS-REx Test Before Asteroid Sample Delivery

A team led by NASA in Utah’s West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample – slated to land on Earth in September.

Posted August 30, 2023

NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications Study

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded four contracts to conduct NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA) Phase-A study.

Posted August 30, 2023

NASA invita a hispanohablantes a enviar sus nombres en Europa Clipper

La NASA ha lanzado un nuevo sitio web en español para invitar al público a enviar sus nombres a bordo de Europa Clipper, una misión que iniciará su viaje a la luna de Júpiter Europa en octubre de 2024. Este nuevo sitio web forma parte de una campaña de la agencia llamada “Mensaje en una botella”, mediante la cual un poema original dedicado a Europa

Posted August 29, 2023

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Launches to International Space Station

An international crew of four representing four countries is in orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The agency’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh commercial crew rotation mission for NASA.

Posted August 26, 2023

NASA, Forest Service to Share Moon Tree Seedlings, Promote STEM

Education and community organizations can apply to receive a living piece of spaceflight history to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a seedling grown from a tree seed that flew around the Moon on the NASA’s Artemis I mission in late 2022.

Posted August 24, 2023

NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument

On Thursday, NASA released the first data maps from its new instrument launched to space earlier this year, which now is successfully transmitting information about major air pollutants over North America.

Posted August 24, 2023