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NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland, to provide safety and mission assurance services to the agency in various locations across the country. February 28, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/8j4Octs via IFTTT

NASA has selected Howard Hu as the Orion Program manager, based at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. February 28, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/41W0hCB via IFTTT

An astronaut steps into a body scanner and, hours later, walks on Mars in a custom-made spacesuit, breathing oxygen that was extracted from Mars' carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere. February 25, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/RCI71qB via IFTTT

This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases Arp 298, a stunning pair of interacting galaxies. Arp 298 – which comprises the two galaxies NGC 7469 and IC 5283 – lies roughly 200 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. via NASA https://ift.tt…

There are few artists in the aerospace industry whose career was as varied or accomplished as Ted Brown. via NASA https://ift.tt/TsvW38p

Members of the media and public are invited to participate in NASA’s imaginAviation, a three-day virtual event that will focus on the future transformation of aviation that begins Tuesday, March 1. February 23, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/thZ9vDJ via IFTTT

NASA experts will join a virtual news conference hosted by Axiom Space to preview the launch of Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The briefing will take place at 11 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 28. February 23, 2022 from NASA https…

This image from 2020 shows a flame that was one of many ignited as part of the Flame Design investigation on the space station. via NASA https://ift.tt/UxKAs09

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, to provide an update on progress toward the launch of the agency’s uncrewed Artemis I mission. February 22, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/I5MFz0o via IFTTT

Melba Roy Mouton (1929-1990) was a mathematician and computer programmer in NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division. via NASA https://ift.tt/Erx2kjA

A fresh supply of 8,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 12:40 p.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 19, aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, and is now traveling to the International Space Station. February …

NASA will provide coverage of the prelaunch and launch activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite. February 18, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/W3npsgJ via IFTTT

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021, and took this selfie over a rock nicknamed “Rochette,” on Sept. 10, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/YHLINKE

Students from Colorado will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. February 16, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/hv09frG via IFTTT

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday he appointed new members to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), which provides leadership counsel and advice on a variety of important and complex agency programs and topics. February 16, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/MtHroSn via IFTTT

A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland. via NASA https://ift.tt/Zfyu1TJ

Companies with technologies that may advance exploration but need a little extra push to finalize development have two new opportunities to partner with NASA to make it over the finish line. February 15, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/W1eXwzD via IFTTT

This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star. via NASA https://ift.tt/3mbMJgR

Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown at NASA’s Glenn Research Center leads a study of solar cells made from a material called perovskite. via NASA https://ift.tt/MIG1iW9

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope feels incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery. The image shows Arp 282, an interacting galaxy pair composed of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 169 (bottom) and the galaxy IC 1559 (top). via NASA https://ift.tt/RI4FlNs

NASA has awarded the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) Mission Operations Center Support contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia. February 10, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/31W2U9p via IFTTT

NASA has awarded three contracts under the on-ramp feature of the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid IV) contract. These multi-agency contracts are available to support all NASA centers and other federal agencies. February 10, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/gYMBrvP via IFTTT

NASA has selected two science missions – the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm – to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. February 10, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/BmCQzeT via …

NASA and commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman are targeting 12:40 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 19, for the launch of the company’s 17th resupply mission to the International Space Station from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. February 10, 2022 from NASA http…

​This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1. via NASA https://ift.tt/7JP6QFE

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 11, to share progress made in the early stages of aligning the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirrors. February 10, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/i1hL3Wu via IFTTT

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station. February 09, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/6PQtUhY via IFTTT

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's window to the world. via NASA https://ift.tt/AbjPqm7

Mathematician Daniel G. Nichols, who worked in the Real-Time Program Development Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, is photographed in NASA's Manned Space Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/FISnruw

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. February 07, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/YMTizGh via…

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: February 07, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/mbyVEx3 via IFTTT

Ths January 2022 image shows the first rays of an orbital sunrise as seen from the International Space Station as it orbited above Venezuela. via NASA https://ift.tt/3aRD4Bs

Students across the country will have three opportunities to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. February 04, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/Q8tz1uM via IFTTT

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. February 04, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/xg2YNGE via IFTTT

Divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston are setting the stage for future moonwalk training by simulating lunar lighting conditions. via NASA https://ift.tt/7oFAUXy

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. February 03, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/qOTa1Vw via IFTTT

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. February 03, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/iX0jweR via IFTTT

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. February 03, 2022 from NASA http…

This object is, in fact, a pair: a white dwarf star that steadily burns at a relatively cool temperature and a highly variable red giant. via NASA https://ift.tt/PNOsocXmL

NASA and its international partners approved crew members for Axiom Space’s first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. February 02, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/T3vdZs8PM via IFTTT

Dr. Christian Braneon, a climate scientist at NASA GISS, presents data visualizations and the state of current satellite missions to Vice President Kamala Harris. via NASA https://ift.tt/XvqYlUj5h

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. February 02, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/3GhTvE67D via IFTTT

​The bright Sun dissects the airglow above Earth's horizon in this view photographed with a digital still camera from during the STS-107 mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/JFSRXDtaz