On July 15, 2009, space shuttle Endeavour began its 23rd trip into space, on the 2JA mission to the International Space Station, the 29th shuttle flight to the orbiting lab. During the 16-day mission, the seven-member STS-127 crew, working with Expedition 20, the first six-person crew aboard the station, completed the primary objectives of the mission. The flight...
Jul 7, 2024 Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of July 1, 2024: Human Space Exploration: Space Science Opinion The new space race: International partnerships (op-ed)Space.com (6/30): The global space community has entered a new era of international cooperation in the exploration of space that includes commercial partnerships as...
Jul 14, 2024 Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of July 08, 2024: Human Space Exploration: Space Science Other News; Major Space Related Activities for the Week The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up its Commerce, Justice and Science bill that includes 2025 funding for NASA and NOAA on Tuesday at 9 a.m. EDT...
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red flashes (more easily seen by clicking on the photo to see a larger version) are a less understood phenomena associated with powerful lightning events and appear high above the clouds in the mesosphere. Transient...
A small group of scientists on the biofilm mitigation team at NASA’s Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, study solutions to combat fast-growing colonies of bacteria or fungi, known as biofilm, for future space missions. Biofilm occurs when a cluster of bacteria or fungi generates a slimy matrix of “extracellular polymeric substances” to protect itself from...
The International and Space Law Practice Group (ISLPG) is responsible for providing legal advice and counsel regarding international matters at Headquarters and all NASA Centers. Some of the legal issues for which ISLPG is responsible include: international law, including space law; domestic law which may impact NASA’s international cooperation; issues involving the...
Jun 30, 2024 Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of June 24, 2024: Human Space Exploration: Space Science Other News; Major Space Related Activities for the Week NASA astronauts Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt will embark on a 6 ½-hour spacewalk outside the ISS on Monday at 8 a.m. EDT. The spacewalk was previously postponed from...
Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, July 12, five and a half months after delivering more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA and its international partners. This mission was the company’s...
Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media briefing at 12:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 10, to discuss the agency’s Crew Flight Test at the International Space Station. Audio of the media teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website: Participants include: Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Mark Nappi, vice president and...
Two high school interns funded by NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) presented their work from Summer 2023 at the recent National Space Society (NSS) International Space Development Conference (ISDC-2024), held in Los Angeles, CA (May 23-26, 2024). Both interns were mentored by Dr. Pascal Lee, Planetary Scientist at the SETI Institute and Chair of the Mars...