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NASA Announces Next Opportunity for Cubesat Space Missions

Dv, 06/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA has announced a second opportunity for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012.

NASA Seeks Data from Innovative Lunar Demonstrations

Dv, 06/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to purchase specific data resulting from industry efforts to test and verify vehicle capabilities through demonstrations of small robotic landers.

NASA Moves Space Station Repair Spacewalk To Saturday

Dj, 05/08/2010 - 06:00
The first of two spacewalks by NASA astronauts to replace a failed ammonia pump on the International Space Station has been moved to Saturday, Aug. 7. A second spacewalk is planned for Wednesday, Aug. 11, to complete the repairs.

NASA's First Robotic Crew Member To Tweet From Space Station, Available For Interviews

Dj, 05/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction.

NASA And ESA'S First Joint Mission To Mars Selects Instruments

Dc, 04/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have embarked on a joint program to explore Mars in the coming decades and selected the five science instruments for the first mission.

NASA Invites Media To View Space Station Cargo For STS-133 Mission

Dm, 03/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA's Kennedy Space Center will host a media event to highlight the next hardware that will fly to the International Space Station.

NASA Moves Space Station Repair Spacewalk To Friday, Sets Briefings

Dm, 03/08/2010 - 06:00
The first of two spacewalks by NASA astronauts to replace a failed ammonia pump on the International Space Station has been delayed by 24 hours to Friday, Aug. 6. A second spacewalk is planned for Monday, Aug. 9, to complete the repairs.

NASA Casts A Wide Net For Summer Of Innovation Partners

Dll, 02/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA is inviting potential partners to participate in the agency's Summer of Innovation project to engage middle school students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning activities.

NASA Hosts Workshop To Discuss Exploring Near Earth Objects

Dll, 02/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA will host an interactive workshop to identify objectives for exploration missions to near-Earth objects, or NEOs, on Aug. 10-11 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington.

NASA Holds Media Teleconference To Preview Major Hurricane Study

Dll, 02/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA will hold a media teleconference on Thursday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m. EDT to discuss its upcoming airborne research campaign into hurricane behavior.

NASA Sets Briefing To Preview Updated Space Station Spacewalk Plan

Dll, 02/08/2010 - 06:00
NASA managers will discuss updated plans for two International Space Station spacewalks during a news briefing at 3 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 2. The briefing replaces one originally scheduled for Tuesday.

NASA Awards Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Support Contract

Dv, 30/07/2010 - 06:00
Nasa Awards Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Support Contract

NASA Awards Electrical Systems Engineering Services Contract

Dv, 30/07/2010 - 06:00
NASA has awarded a sole-source interim contract for electrical systems engineering services to MEI Technologies in Houston.

NASA's Hibernating Mars Rover May Not Call Home

Dv, 30/07/2010 - 06:00
NASA mission controllers have not heard from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit since March 22, and the rover is facing its toughest challenge yet – trying to survive the harsh Martian winter.

NASA Opens Online Voting For Next Desert RATS Exploration Site

Dj, 29/07/2010 - 06:00
NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct part of the annual Desert Research and Technology Studies, known as Desert RATS.

NASA Simulates Space Exploration At Remote Arctic Crater Site

Dj, 29/07/2010 - 06:00
NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing concepts for future planetary exploration as part of the Haughton-Mars Project, or HMP-2010.

NASA Selects Sounding Rockets Operations Contractor

Dc, 28/07/2010 - 06:00
NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corp.'s, Technical Services Division in Greenbelt, Md., for the agency's Sounding Rockets Operations contract.

NASA Sets Briefing To Preview Space Station Spacewalk

Dc, 28/07/2010 - 06:00
NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 3.

NASA Astronaut Sends First Signed Message from Orbit

Dv, 23/07/2010 - 06:00
The number of languages used on the International Space Station has recently increased.

NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map Ever

Dv, 23/07/2010 - 06:00
A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet.