NASA Selects Developer for Rocket to Retrieve First Samples from Mars

NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small, lightweight rocket to launch rock, sediment, and atmospheric samples from the surface of the Red Planet.

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NASA Statement on Meeting with US Ambassador to Poland

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski’s visit Friday, Feb. 4, to NASA Headquarters in Washington:

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NASA Astronauts to Call Indiana, Texas, Virginia Students from Space

Students across the country will have three opportunities to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA Invites Media to Learn About Mission Studying Snowstorms

NASA will hold a briefing for members of the media to learn more about an airborne science campaign studying snowstorms at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 10. The agency will stream audio of the call live online.

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NASA, SpaceX to Provide Update on Crew-4 Space Station Mission

NASA and SpaceX will hold a joint media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Feb. 4, to provide an update on progress toward the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA to Hold Science Town Hall Meeting

NASA will hold a community town hall meeting at 1:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 8, with Thomas H. Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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NASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Space Station Mission

NASA will host a media call at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 10, to discuss the science and technology demonstrations bound for the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft on the company’s 17th commercial resupply mission.

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NASA, Space Station Partners Approve First Axiom Mission Astronauts

NASA and its international partners approved crew members for Axiom Space’s first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA Invites Media to Uncrewed Artemis Moon Mission Update

NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EST today, Wednesday, Feb. 2, to discuss progress toward the launch of the agency’s uncrewed Artemis I mission.

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NASA Awards Contract for Custodial Services

NASA has selected Native Resource Development Company Inc. of Bernalillo, New Mexico, to provide custodial services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center, Ellington Field, and Sonny Carter Training Facility in Houston.

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Wisconsin Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station

Wisconsin Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station

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