NASA to Discuss Science on Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station

NASA to Discuss Science on Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 30, to discuss the next science investigations, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware bound for the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply services mission for the agency.

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NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere

NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere

NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR instrument – short for Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer – will study such ice clouds to determine how and why they change throughout

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Axiom Space Private Astronauts Headed to International Space Station

Axiom Space Private Astronauts Headed to International Space Station

Four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the second all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Axiom Space astronauts lifted off at 5:37 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 21, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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NASA Extends Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Operations

NASA Extends Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Operations

NASA has awarded a contract extension to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore for the support services required for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Operations.

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NASA Selects Winners, Announces Final Phase of Space Food Challenge

NASA Selects Winners, Announces Final Phase of Space Food Challenge

NASA has announced eight winning teams and awarded $750,000 in prizes in the second phase of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The winning teams will move on to compete in the third and final phase of the challenge.

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