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Defying Gravity

In this Dec. 11, 1963, image, technicians prepare a test subject for studies on the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. This position meant that a person’s legs experienced only one sixth of their weight, which was the equivalent of being on the Moon’s surface. The simulator was used […]

Posted January 6, 2025

Environmental Management Division (EMD)

General

Soil Remediation at White Sands Test Facility

NASA White Sands Test Facility Las Cruces, New Mexico Soil Remediation at the 600 Area Off-Site Pile Origins of the 600 Area Off-Site Pile The NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is crucial for supporting space exploration and technology development.

Posted January 6, 2025

NASA Shared Services Center

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

The SBIR/STTR programs provide an opportunity for small, high technology companies and research institutions (RI) to participate in Government sponsored research and development (R&D) efforts in key technology areas.

Posted January 6, 2025

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Shared Services Center

Grants

Grant Status Webpage Grant Status Form Grant Webforms Grant/Cooperative Agreement Administrative Supplement RequestNSSC Web Inquiry Grant PI Transfer Request Grant PI Transfer Request Award Terms and Conditions General Award Terms and ConditionsSpecial Terms and ConditionsProgram Specific Terms and ConditionsAppendix A: NASA Prior Approval Matrix f

Posted January 6, 2025

NASA Shared Services Center

Travel

The NSSC provides travel reimbursement services for all authorized Agency travel including: domestic, foreign, local, ETDY, and Change of Station (COS).

Posted January 6, 2025

Johnson Space Center

Internships

NASA Centers & Facilities

STEM Engagement at NASA

STEM Impacts

High School Aerospace Scholars Launches Dreams, Inspires the Artemis Generation

To put boots on the Moon—and keep them there—will require bold thinkers ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. That’s why NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston is on a mission to empower the next generation of explorers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through the High School Aerospac

Posted January 6, 2025

Mars Sample Return (MSR)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA to Host Media Call Highlighting Mars Sample Return Update

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 7, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program.

Posted January 3, 2025

Approval to Exceed GSA Lodging for LPSC 2025

This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although it’s expected to be above the approved GSA amount. This waiver does not supersede the travel policy of your institution […]

Posted January 3, 2025

Earth Science

Summary of the Third Annual AEOIP Workshop

Introduction The Applied Earth Observations Innovation Partnership (AEOIP) was established in 2018 to facilitate knowledge coproduction and optimization of NASA Earth observations that can be used by natural resource managers for decision making.

Posted January 3, 2025

Andre Douglas

Artemis 2

Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Media Day with Artemis II Crews

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day event on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted January 3, 2025