NASA has selected EG&G Technical Services Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide facility operations and maintenance services at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The contract begins on July 1, 2008, with a one-year base period, followed by four one-year options. It is a firm-fixed price contract with … Continue reading
NASA Thursday adjusted the target launch dates for two space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is now targeted for Oct. 8, and Endeavour’s STS-126 supply mission to the International Space Station has moved from Oct. 16 to Nov. 10. The final servicing … Continue reading
If you’ve never seen the International Space Station flying 220 miles overhead, this is the week to do so. The station will be in almost constant sunlight from Wednesday through Friday, offering an incredible view to sky gazers across the country. In order to find out when the station will … Continue reading
NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. The work will support NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Flight Projects Directorate in Greenbelt. The cost-plus award fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract will be effective from … Continue reading
A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth’s natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa. Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Science in New York and scientists at … Continue reading
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has selected the winners of its high school contest to describe the passenger and cargo aircraft of the future. Tom Neuman, a senior from George Walton Comprehensive High School in Marietta, Ga., and Aditya Singh, a senior from Anglo-Chinese Junior College in Singapore, won top … Continue reading
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has awarded a contract to Hensel Phelps of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the Ares I mobile launcher for the Constellation Program. Ares I is the rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle, its crew and cargo to low Earth orbit. The contract … Continue reading
With the help of the space shuttle program, NASA kicks off a new artifact loan program for museums, planetariums, and other organizations. NASA’s new Artifact Loan Opportunities Program will help organizations borrow NASA artifacts for education and outreach purposes. The first artifacts available are main landing gear tires from space … Continue reading
NASA has scheduled a media briefing Tuesday, May 13, at 11 a.m. EDT, to discuss the challenges, risks and science opportunities of the scheduled May 25 landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Officials also will provide details on the Phoenix landing site. The briefing will take place in the NASA … Continue reading
NASA astronauts Dan Tani of Illinois and Suni Williams of Massachusetts, both past residents of the International Space Station, will be available to discuss what it takes to become an astronaut during satellite interviews on Wednesday, May 7. Tani will be available from 5 to 8 a.m. CDT and Williams … Continue reading