Since the start of International Space Station operations more than two decades ago, crews have lived and worked in microgravity to conduct an array of research that benefits life on Earth and future space exploration missions, and perform operational tasks to keep the state-of-the-art scientific lab in its highest-operating condition. The space station has seen the...
Designed, built and operated for NASA by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, the DART spacecraft was launched in 2021 and, roughly 10 months later, successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos in the fall of 2022. The deliberate collision altered the asteroid’s orbit around its larger companion asteroid, Didymos, by 33...
Aug 17, 2024 Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of August 12, 2024: Human Space Exploration: Space Science Opinion What space policy could look like after the 2024 electionCoalition Member in the News – Boeing The nation’s space program is likely to have the support of either of the presidential candidates, Democrat Vice...
NASA has awarded a total of $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in the third and final round of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The teams delivered novel food production technologies that could provide long-duration human space exploration missions with safe, nutritious, and tasty food. The competitors’ technologies address NASA’s need for sustainable food...
NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy invites you to join us at the “Macroeconomics of Space Symposium” happening on Thursday, September 5, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT in the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters and virtually via WebEx. OTPS is bringing together civil servants and leading researchers on the economic impacts of public...
The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) announced its selections for the institute’s 2024 postdoctoral fellowship, a space health program intended to launch the careers of a new generation of researchers tackling various challenges involved with human space exploration. The program supports early-career scientists pursuing research...
If there’s an emergency at the launch pad during a launch countdown, there’s a special team engineers at Kennedy Space Center teams can call on – the Pad Rescue team. Trained to quickly rescue personnel at the launch pad and take them to safety in the event of an unlikely emergency, NASA’s Pad Rescue team at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been in...
Life on the International Space Station is quite different from life on the ground. Crew members experience multiple sunrises and sunsets each day, spend their time in a confined space, have packed schedules, and deal with microgravity. These and other conditions during spaceflight can negatively affect the performance and well-being of crew members. Many studies on...
Aug 4, 2024 Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of July 29, 2024: Human Space Exploration: Space Science Opinion Is the United States doing enough to engage with China on space policy? Coalition Member in the News – Lockheed Martin The U.S. is currently doing what it can to avoid confrontation with China in space, according to...
Aug 11, 2024 Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of August 5, 2024: Human Space Exploration: Space Science Other News; Major Space Related Activities for the Week Launched Sunday after a day’s weather delay, Northrop Grumman’s 21 NASA Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS experienced a thruster issue following separation from...