In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA seeks public comment on plans to return samples of the Martian surface to Earth. The Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee holds a hearing today on NASA’s FY23 budget request. Space Science NASA wants your input on its Mars sample return projectSpace.com (5.2): NASA will host two virtual...
Students of a volunteer service organization will have the opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will stream live at 11:40 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 21, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Media interested in covering the event must RSVP no later...
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced Thursday they signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission launching in 2028 that will search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. With this memorandum of understanding, the NASA Launch Services Program will procure a U.S. commercial launch provider for the...
“I grew up in China. In China, everybody talks about what they want to be [when they grow up]. Many want to grow up to be a scientist or engineer. So I aspired to be a scientist from an early age. “… For the girls or women in science — or in any profession or job — opportunities are more abundant than they were previously. Sometimes you need to take bold steps. Just...
Through decades of hard work, three storytellers brought out of this world news down to Earth, providing a lens through which young and old could watch space exploration unfold. This week, NASA recognized the contributions of these Chroniclers during a May 15, 2024, ceremony at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Associate...
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, several aerospace companies, and GNO Inc. will host Louisiana Space Day 2024 at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 8. Media are invited to attend and should contact Craig Betbeze at [email protected] or 504-419-5333 by 2 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, May 7. Area middle...
Apr 6, 2024 Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of March 30, 2024: Human Space Exploration: Space Science Other News Major Space Related Activities for the Week Russia’s Soyuz MS-24 is preparing to depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday at 11:55 p.m. EDT, with NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy...
Space Access Update #107 12/02/04 Space Access Update #107 12/02/04 Copyright 2004 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ Do not hit "reply" to email us - it'll be buried in tides of spam, and we may not ever see it. Email us at [email protected]...
Space Access Update #99 12/13/02 Space Access Update #99 12/13/02 Copyright 2002 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. We are still around, watching developments and thinking about what comes next. We did spend much of the last six months otherwise engaged ...
Space Access Update #98 3/8/01 Space Access Update #98 3/8/01 Copyright 2001 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ Every time we think we're getting caught up, something new comes along. This time, it's the Bush Administration's first major moves at NASA, about which more in a moment... Oops, and now it's...