#NASAatHome – Let NASA Bring the Universe to Your Home

NASA’s new Internet and social media special, NASA at Home, will show and engage you in the agency’s discoveries, research, and exploration from around the world and across the universe – all from the comfort of your own home.

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NASA Adds Shannon Walker to First Operational Crewed SpaceX Mission

NASA has assigned astronaut Shannon Walker to the first operational crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms

NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms – known as solar particle storms – into planetary space.

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NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Gateway Logistics Services

NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, as the first U.S. commercial provider under the Gateway Logistics Services contract to deliver cargo, experiments and other supplies to the agency’s Gateway in lunar orbit.

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NASA Leadership Assessing Mission Impacts of Coronavirus

To protect the health and safety of the NASA workforce as the nation responds to coronavirus (COVID-19), agency leadership recently completed the first assessment of work underway across all missions, projects, and programs.

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March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus

March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus

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NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to First Crew Launch to Station from America Since 2011

Media accreditation is open for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 flight test, which will send two astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

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NASA Administrator Statement on Apollo Astronaut Al Worden

NASA sends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Apollo astronaut Al Worden, an astronaut whose achievements in space and on Earth will not be forgotten.

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New Spinoff Publication Shares How NASA Innovations Benefit Life on Earth

As NASA pushes the frontiers of science and human exploration, the agency also advances technology to modernize life on Earth, including drones, self-driving cars and other innovations.

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NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine statement about agency status of COVID-19 response.

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NASA Selects Proposals to Study Volatile Stars, Galaxies, Cosmic Collisions

NASA has selected proposals for four missions that would study cosmic explosions and the debris they leave behind, as well as monitor how nearby stellar flares may affect the atmospheres of orbiting planets.

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NASA Administrator Statement on Agency Coronavirus Status

Statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the agency's response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

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NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy Available for Interviews Before Launch

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will be available for live satellite interviews from 7 to 8:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, March 19, before launching on a six-and-a-half month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA Science to Hold Virtual Community Town Hall Meeting

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, March 20, to discuss the president’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the directorate and other updates.

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New York City Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

Students from New York City will have an opportunity this week to talk with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA Awards Construction Contract to Multiple Companies

NASA has selected eight companies to perform new construction, rehabilitation and modification of agency facilities and infrastructure.

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NASA Administrator Statement on Coronavirus Situation

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine:

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SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 11:50 p.m. EST Friday. Dragon will deliver more than 4,300 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations, including a new science facility scheduled to be installed to the outside of the station during a spacewalk this spring.

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Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA's Next Mars Rover

NASA's next Mars rover has a new name – Perseverance.

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NASA to Hold Media Briefing on New Global Air Quality Constellation

NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 10 a.m. EDT Monday, March 9, to discuss an international collaboration aimed at improving our understanding of air quality.

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NASA to Reveal Name of Next Mars Rover, Hold Media Teleconference

NASA will unveil the name of the agency’s next Mars rover, currently known as Mars 2020, during a live event on NASA Television at 1:30 p.m. EST Thursday, March 5, followed by a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. about the mission and the naming.

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NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Advances with Agreement Signings

NASA has signed Space Act Agreements with 17 companies in the aviation industry to advance plans for the first in a series of technology demonstrations known as the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge.

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NASA Invites Media to View Orion Spacecraft for First Artemis Lunar Mission

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, a critical part of the agency’s Artemis I mission, has completed its three-month test campaign at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, where it was subjected to the extreme temperatures and electromagnetic environment it will experience in its upcoming test mission to the Moon.

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#BeAnAstronaut: NASA Seeks Applicants to Explore Moon, Mars

For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until 11:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 31, to apply.

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