NASA Science to Host Public Town Hall Meeting

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 10, to discuss updates to NASA’s science program and the current status of NASA activities.

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NASA Awards Contract in Support of Science Office for Mission Assessments

NASA has awarded a contract to Cornell Technical Services LLC of Columbia, Maryland, for evaluations, assessments, studies, services, and other support for the Science Office for Mission Assessments (SOMA) at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

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NASA Seeks Next Class of Flight Directors for Human Spaceflight Missions

NASA is looking for leaders for one of the best jobs on Earth for human spaceflight – including missions to the Moon – the position of flight director in mission control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s September Antares Launch from Virginia

Media accreditation is open for the launch from Virginia of Northrop Grumman’s 14th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station aboard its Cygnus spacecraft.

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Global Survey Using NASA Data Shows Dramatic Growth of Glacial Lakes

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change.

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NASA Selects Proposals for New Space Environment Missions

NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and the constantly changing space environment with which it interacts around Earth.

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NASA Names Robyn Gatens Acting Director for International Space Station

Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has named Robyn Gatens as acting director of the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters.

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NASA to Highlight Artemis Booster Test with Live Broadcast, Media Teleconference

NASA will broadcast a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket full-scale booster test at 2:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 2, on NASA Television and the agency’s website, followed by a media teleconference.

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NASA Awards Environmental and Medical Services Contract

NASA has awarded a contract to HSG LLC of Las Vegas to provide the agency environmental management, environmental health, and medical services.

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NASA Administrator to Open Space Station Research and Development Conference

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is set to open the ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 27, as the microgravity laboratory celebrates the 20th anniversary of continuous human presence in space.

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NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Joins First Operational Boeing Crew Mission to Space Station

NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station.

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