10.06.09 - NASA selected 152 proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR.
10.06.09 - Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory.
10.06.09 - Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' move to the launch pad on Oct. 13 and the STS-129 mission crew's dress rehearsal activities Oct. 19 to Oct. 21 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
10.06.09 - NASA is inviting journalists to events this week in Washington and California to observe the twin impacts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon.
10.05.09 - On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, NASA honored President John F. Kennedy with an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his vision and leadership in landing a man on the moon.
10.05.09 - The nine residents of the International Space Station will hold a news conference Tuesday at 8:55 a.m. CDT, 15 minutes earlier than previously announced.
10.05.09 - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 8, to preview the agency's largest airborne research effort ever to study Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves and sea ice.
10.02.09 - The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold a public teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 8, from approximately 1 to 2 p.m. EDT.
10.02.09 - The first astronaut to tweet from space has passed another social media milestone. NASA's Mike Massimino, known as @Astro_Mike on Twitter, now shares his daily experiences with more than a million followers on the micro-blogging service.
10.02.09 - NASA has signed a contract modification with Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., to exercise the final option of the Engineering, Science and Technical Services Contract at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
10.02.09 - NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to carry toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are launching new efforts to encourage students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
10.01.09 - NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge.
10.01.09 - For the first time, NASA's Twitter followers will have the opportunity to directly talk live with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
09.30.09 - NASA has awarded a contract to International Trade Bridge Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to support agency-wide efforts to reduce the environmental impact of NASA activities and improve energy conservation.
09.30.09 - NASA has awarded a three-year contract extension to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., for engineering and science support at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
09.30.09 - The next residents of the International Space Station launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
09.25.09 - NASA has selected a.i. solutions Inc. of Lanham, Md., for a Flight Dynamic Support Services contract.
09.25.09 - The Innovative Partnerships Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington is offering an opportunity for the public to help shape the prize challenges the agency offers to America's future citizen-inventors.
09.24.09 - NASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. Instruments aboard three separate spacecraft revealed water molecules in amounts that are greater than predicted, but still relatively small.
09.24.09 - NASA is inviting student teams to experience microgravity science by designing and building experiments to be conducted in a NASA drop tower.