Media are invited to hear about progress on crewed flight hardware for NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) at two contractor facilities May 1 and 2 in Rockford,…

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will make a special 20-minute, Earth-to-space call at 10 a.m. EDT Monday,…

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA has selected 399 research and technology proposals from 277 American small businesses and 44 research institutions that will enable NASA’s future missions into…

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The International Space Station will be capable of dozens of new scientific investigations from NASA and around the world when Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft…

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., April 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Julian Rubinfien (16), winner of the Genes in Space competition and a junior at Stuyvesant High School, NY, will launch his…

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA is preparing for a future that could include soft robotic spacecraft with flexible surfaces that can anchor to an asteroid, and an artificial…

Media is advised that a photo is now available to accompany the news release, DC46815, Wang Appointed to Head NASA’s Office of Communications, issued on March 27, 2017 by NASA….

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April 4, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, to…

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Students from Betsy Ross Elementary School in Anaheim, California, will speak with NASA astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station at 11:40…

TUCSON, Ariz., March 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Vector, a micro satellite space launch company comprised of new-space and enterprise software industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas, Sea Launch…

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Jen Rae Wang has been selected by Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot as NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications. Wang joins NASA with…

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA astronaut Jack Fischer, who is making final preparations for an April 20 launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live…

WHAT: An orbiting junk yard of space debris has become a growing global problem that threatens the operations and safety of not only the International Space Station but the future…