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12.20.12 - NASA completed the latest in a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft Thursday at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona, marking another step toward a first flight test in 2014.
12.19.12 - NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus has left the agency, ending a career that included more than 157 days in space, including 12 days in orbit on STS-135, the capstone mission of the Space Shuttle Program.
12.19.12 - Johnson Space Center and the Houston Technology Center have officially opened the doors to the JSC Acceleration Center.
12.19.12 - NASA astronaut David Wolf has left the agency to return to private industry.
12.14.12 - America’s space program has come a long way from the early days when astronauts ate food packed in toothpaste tubes.
12.12.12 - NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Scott Kelly has been selected to receive the Magellan Award by the Circumnavigators Club of New York on Dec. 14, 2012.
12.06.12 - NASA is offering high school juniors in Texas an opportunity to explore their interests in space exploration and careers through the High School Aerospace Scholars program.
11.26.12 - NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and their international partners have selected two veteran spacefarers for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station in 2015.
11.19.12 - A team of NASA scientists and their colleagues have found evidence from meteorites that Mars and Earth had a similar origin, but then the two planets evolved quite differently.
11.16.12 - Veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa will become the 11th director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced today.
11.07.12 - NASA astronaut Don Pettit, a veteran of three spaceflights, will discuss life and science aboard the International Space Station at the Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo Saturday, Nov. 10.
11.02.12 - The Johnson Space Center Contractors Environmental Partnership will help local communities by hosting a free electronic recycling and document-shredding event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Space Center Houston parking lot.
10.23.12 - In celebration of the 12th annual Space Week at West Ward Elementary, NASA astronaut William “Bill” McArthur, a colonel in the U.S. Army (retired), will relive his spaceflight experience for students, teachers and the Killeen community on Oct. 25.
09.28.12 - The first SpaceX launch for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 7, from Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
09.27.12 - NASA astronaut Kevin Ford of Indiana, making final preparations for an October launch to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, will be available for live satellite interviews from 5 to 6 a.m. CDT Friday, Oct. 5.
09.21.12 - Thanks to all who paused this week to watch space shuttle Endeavour fly over Houston and the surrounding areas. This was quite a sight and a great tribute to one of NASA’s most successful programs.
09.19.12 - NASA astronaut Joe Acaba of Southern California, who returned to Earth Sept. 17 after four months on the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 7-8 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
09.19.12 - The space shuttle Endeavour atop its 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is scheduled to depart Houston's Ellington Field at about 7 a.m. CDT on Thursday for California.
09.18.12 - The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, now is expected to visit Houston Sept. 19-20, weather permitting, and be available for public viewing and media access on its way to Los Angeles.
09.17.12 - NASA has selected S&K Global Solutions LLC of Polson, Mont., to consolidate contractor support into an integrated infrastructure approach for the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
09.16.12 - Three members of the Expedition 32 crew undocked from the International Space Station and returned safely to Earth on Sunday, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months.
09.11.12 - NASA Television will provide live coverage of events surrounding three International Space Station crew members who are scheduled to end four months on the orbiting laboratory with a landing in Kazakhstan on Sunday, Sept. 16.
09.07.12 - Space shuttle Endeavour is expected to visit Houston Sept. 17-19 and be available for public viewing on its way to permanent display in Los Angeles.
09.06.12 - NASA TV will provide live coverage of the third Japanese "Kounotori" H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) cargo ship's departure from the International Space Station
09.05.12 - NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold an Expedition 34 and 35 crew briefing Thursday, Sept. 13, to preview the upcoming missions aboard the International Space Station.
09.02.12 - WASHINGTON -- In the wake of an unsuccessful attempt to install a replacement power-switching unit on the truss of the International Space Station, two crew members will venture outside for a second time in six days to complete the work. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the spacewalk beginning at 6 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 5. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin about 7:15 a.m.
08.31.12 - NASA has selected 12 grants to be funded through its most recent research announcement for opportunities in space radiobiology research.
08.30.12 - NASA has selected TechTrans International Inc. of Houston to provide Russian language and logistical services for the International Space Station Program at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
08.29.12 - HOUSTON -- NASA Tuesday successfully completed another parachute test of its Orion spacecraft high above the skies of the U.S. Yuma Army Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona. The test examined the maximum pressure Orion's parachutes might face when returning from exploration missions.
08.29.12 - NASA’s Johnson Space Center has been chosen as the year’s outstanding laboratory in America’s heartland.
08.28.12 - NASA’s Director of Flight Crew Operations Janet Kavandi has named Air Force Col. Robert L. Behnken as the chief of the Astronaut Office.
08.27.12 - Students at Wickliffe Progressive Community School in Upper Arlington, Ohio, will speak with Expedition 32 flight engineer Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station
08.24.12 - Eating the right diet and exercising hard in space helps protect International Space Station astronauts' bones.
08.21.12 - NASA Selects Space Station Integration Services Contract
08.21.12 - A simulated mission to an asteroid is under way at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
08.15.12 - NASA has selected Chenega Security & Support Solutions, LLC (CS3) of Ashburn, Va., for a $30 million contract to provide protective services at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
08.14.12 - NASA is exercising an $80.5 million flex option on the Facilities Development and Operations Contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md.
08.14.12 - Astronauts and cosmonauts will perform two spacewalks outside the International Space Station this month.
08.14.12 - NASA astronaut Daniel Tani has left the agency. Tani’s last day with NASA was Aug. 10.
08.06.12 - NASA, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Texas Forest Service and Smokey Bear are teaming up to celebrate Smokey's 68th birthday Aug. 9 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
08.03.12 - A team of researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., has found radiation from protons could further enhance a process that occurs during tumor progression.
08.02.12 - You can touch a piece of Mars at Space Center Houston. For the first time in the U.S., visitors can touch a piece of the Red Planet – though the rocks on Mars aren’t red, only the dust.
07.30.12 - Media opportunities are available in Boston as NASA shares the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research aboard the International Space Station in New England.
07.30.12 - NASA Television will broadcast the launch and for the first time, the same-day rendezvous and docking of a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
07.27.12 - NASA Television will broadcast the attempted redocking of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft to the space station for engineering data collection beginning at 5 p.m. EDT Saturday, July 28.
07.27.12 - NASA's Chief Technologist Mason Peck and Space Technology Program Director Michael Gazarik will visit Oceaneering Space Systems in Houston at 1 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, Aug. 1.
07.18.12 - NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the spacecraft’s orbital flight test in 2014.
07.17.12 - NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold two briefings Thursday, July 26, to preview the upcoming Expedition 33 and 34 missions aboard the International Space Station.
07.11.12 - NASA astronaut Mark Polansky has left the agency.
07.10.12 - NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, who recently returned from a five-month mission to the International Space Station, will bid farewell to his friend and colleague NASA astronaut Sunita Williams as she departs for her next mission to the space station.
07.06.12 - NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of prelaunch, launch and docking activities of the next trio of crew members who will fly to the International Space Station.
07.05.12 - Just back from his mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 7 a.m. CDT, Thursday, July 12.
07.02.12 - Former NASA astronaut and space shuttle commander Alan "Dex" Poindexter died while on vacation with his family July 1 in Pensacola, Fla.
07.02.12 - More than 450 guests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival of the agency's first space-bound Orion spacecraft Monday.
07.01.12 - Three members of the Expedition 31 crew undocked from the International Space Station and returned safely to Earth Sunday, July 1, wrapping up a mission that lasted six-and-a-half months.
06.28.12 - NASA has awarded five one-year U.S. National Laboratory education cooperative agreements to provide hands-on science and engineering opportunities for college and university students.
07.02.12 - More than 200 students will meet at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va., to speak with Expedition 32 flight engineer Joe Acaba aboard the International Space Station at 8:55 a.m. EDT, Thursday, July 5.
06.22.12 - NASA astronaut Rex Walheim will be available for live satellite interviews in front of a full-scale model of the Orion spacecraft from 6 - 7:30 a.m. CDT, Thursday, June 28.
06.22.12 - Elementary, middle and high school students will have the opportunity to speak with Expedition 31 flight engineers aboard the International Space Station at 10:35 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 26.
06.21.12 - NASA is using the Internet and smartphones to provide the public with a new inside look at what happens aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and in the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
06.20.12 - Eighty-four female high school students from 29 states will plan a simulated mission to Mars and experience life as an engineer or scientist when NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston hosts two events focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in June and July.
06.19.12 - NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, making final preparations for a July launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 7 a.m. CDT Tuesday, June 26.
06.19.12 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak with astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, commander of the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission, and her fellow crewmate Timothy Peake of the European Space Agency at 4:10 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 20 as they perform their final "spacewalk" of the mission, 63 feet below the ocean's surface.
06.19.12 - People in Chicago will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA’s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA.
06.15.12 - NASA astronauts Kenneth Ham and Nicholas Patrick have left the space agency.
06.15.12 - Students from Clear Creek Independent School District now have a hand in helping NASA advance radiation protection in space.
06.15.12 - NASA astronaut Andrew “Drew” Feustel will talk with students in cyberspace as part of the Florida Summer Youth Program on Friday, June 22.
06.14.12 - Over the next several weeks, NASA Television will provide coverage of the departure of three crew members from the International Space Station and prelaunch, launch and arrival activities of three new residents.
06.12.12 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk will participate in a media availability at 11:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday, June 13, in the SpaceX facility at 1 Rocket Rd. in McGregor, Texas.
06.11.12 - An international crew of aquanauts is settling into its home on the ocean floor, where the team will spend 12 days testing concepts for a potential asteroid mission.
06.11.12 - NASA is preparing to move exploration beyond Earth's orbit, but communication delays will change how the agency conducts its missions.
06.08.12 - NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, who recently returned from a five-month mission to the International Space Station, will share his spaceflight experiences with the public, friends and co-workers at 7:30 p.m. CDT on June. 14 at Space Center Houston.
06.06.12 - NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Catherine "Cady" Coleman will participate in several events at the Exploration Works Museum in Helena, Mont., June 11-12.
06.06.12 - NASA astronaut Scott D. Tingle will deliver the commencement address at Blue Hills Regional Technical School at 6 p.m. EDT June 12.
06.06.12 - NASA astronaut and commander for the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO), Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, will be available for live satellite interviews while performing a simulated spacewalk under water.
06.04.12 - NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mike Foreman will speak to representatives from federal, state and local governments at the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) 2012 Communications School near Washington on June 7.
06.04.12 - Students at Junction Avenue K-8 School in Livermore, Calif., will speak with Expedition 31 flight engineers Don Pettit, Joseph Acaba and André Kuipers aboard the International Space Station at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 6. Media representatives are invited to attend.
05.31.12 - SpaceX's Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:42 a.m. EDT a few hundred miles west of southern California, marking a successful end to the first mission by a commercial company to resupply the International Space Station.
05.30.12 - Houston has been with NASA’s Space Shuttle Program for 30 years and 135 missions, and this weekend, Houston and NASA will celebrate together as a souvenir of the program arrives in Clear Lake.
05.30.12 - Five universities have been selected to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation.
05.29.12 - NASA astronaut and New York native Mike Massimino will return to his alma mater Columbia University June 2 as part of the Dean’s Day Public Intellectual Lectures.
05.29.12 - NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, a veteran of a long-duration mission to the International Space Station and the last mission of space shuttle Discovery, will be the featured speaker at the Sea-Pac Northwest Amateur Radio Convention banquet on June 2.
05.29.12 - NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, who flew aboard the final space shuttle mission, will serve as the grand marshal of the annual Shriner Parade in Belleville, Ill., on June 1.
05.25.12 - The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday.
05.23.12 - The SpaceX second demonstration mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way, and NASA is updating its coverage of the Dragon spacecraft's flight to the International Space Station.
05.23.12 - NASA’s Johnson Space Center has partnered with the Houston Independent School District’s Booker T. Washington High School to inspire the next generation of explorers through hands-on science and engineering projects.
05.23.12 - NASA Television will air time-lapsed video documenting images of the recent annular solar eclipse as seen from space aboard the International Space Station.
05.22.12 - NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 29 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep space exploration missions.
05.22.12 - International Space Station crew members will answer questions from reporters following the scheduled hatch opening of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
05.22.12 - The second demonstration mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. EDT.
05.17.12 - NASA astronaut and former student athlete Sandra Magnus will be the featured speaker during the closing ceremonies at the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Championships Festival on May 19 in Louisville, Ky.
05.16.12 - The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday, May 19.
05.14.12 - The Soyuz spacecraft launched at 10:01 p.m. CDT.
05.11.12 - The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) has been rescheduled for a liftoff on Saturday, May 19.
05.11.12 - NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff will relive his latest spaceflight experience for the public and friends at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., on May 17. The presentation is free of charge and media are invited to attend.
05.08.12 - The next residents of the International Space Station are making final preparations for a May 14 launch and NASA Television will provide live coverage of launch and docking.
05.07.12 - Just back from his command of the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank will be available for live satellite interviews from 6-7 a.m. CDT on Thursday, May 10.
05.04.12 - In response to today's SpaceX announcement finalizing a new target date for the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, NASA issued the following statement from William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at the agency's Headquarters in Washington.
05.04.12 - Californians will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA’s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA.
05.04.12 - astronaut Mike Foreman, a native of the Buckeye State, will be the keynote speaker at the 25th anniversary dinner for One Health Ohio on Friday, May 11.
05.04.12 - Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station.
05.03.12 - NASA astronaut and educator Dorothy "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger will meet with East Hartford-Glastonbury Elementary school students in cyberspace during a virtual appearance on Wednesday, May 9.
05.01.12 - NASA astronaut Catherine "Cady" Coleman will speak at the Girl Scouts 100th anniversary celebration in Amherst, Mass., on Saturday, May 5.
05.01.12 - Students from across the nation will gather at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston May 2-5 for the annual NASA Explorer Schools Symposium.
04.27.12 - The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) has been rescheduled for a liftoff on Monday, May 7.
04.27.12 - Californians will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA’s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA.
04.27.12 - Three members of the Expedition 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month mission in space.
04.26.12 - NASA astronaut James Dutton, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, will relive his spaceflight experience for two Roxborough schools during their Space Day events on May 2 and May 4.
04.24.12 - In response to SpaceX's announcement that it has delayed launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from April 30 to May 7, NASA issued the following statement from Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier:
04.20.12 - NASA astronaut Lee Morin will participate in Space Day with students at Betty Dixon Elementary School in Holly Ridge, N.C., on Friday, April 27.
04.20.12 - NASA astronaut Janet Kavandi will speak at Heber Springs High School on April 27 to acquaint students with NASA and encourage them to seek careers in math and science.
04.19.12 - The University of Idaho, in coordination with NASA, is hosting a panel on the research it has done on alternative energy storage capability and how it can be used on Earth and in future space colonization May 2 at the university’s main campus in Moscow.
04.19.12 - Over the next several weeks, NASA Television will provide coverage of activities surrounding the upcoming International Space Station crew rotation.
04.18.12 - NASA has selected DynCorp International LLC of Ft. Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support services under a contract potentially worth $176.9 million.
04.18.12 - Media opportunities are available in Raleigh, Durham and Fayetteville, N.C., as NASA shares the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research aboard the International Space Station in North Carolina.
04.17.12 - NASA today successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test, Exploration Flight Test -1, in 2014.
04.17.12 - NASA astronaut David Wolf, a veteran of four spaceflights, will be the keynote speaker at The Economic Club of Indiana Monthly Luncheon on Monday, April 23.
04.16.12 - Following the completion of NASA's flight readiness review, the second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is scheduled for Monday, April 30.
04.16.12 - A full-scale test version of the Orion spacecraft is one of several NASA-sponsored exhibits that will appear alongside space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va.
04.16.12 - An international team of aquanauts will travel again to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to simulate a visit to an asteroid in the 16th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO).
04.16.12 - NASA Television will broadcast the departure of one Russian Progress cargo ship from the International Space Station (ISS) and the arrival of another beginning on Thursday, April 19.
04.13.12 - Washingtonians will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA’s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit.
04.13.12 - Oregonians will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA’s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit.
04.12.12 - Researchers will be able to expose experiments to the weightlessness and vacuum of space by using a new commercial platform outside of International Space Station (ISS).
04.11.12 - NASA astronaut Randolph Bresnik will deliver the keynote address at the 46th International Aviation Snow Symposium luncheon on Tuesday, April 17, at the Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin St. in Buffalo, N.Y.
04.05.12 - Three of the six crew members living aboard the International Space Station will take questions from reporters during a news conference on Wednesday, April 11, at 9:15 a.m. CDT.
04.04.12 - NASA is seeking formal and informal education organizations to host live in-flight interactive conversations between the next generation of explorers and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
04.02.12 - NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold a media briefing on Monday, April 16, to preview the SpaceX demonstration mission to the International Space Station, currently scheduled for launch April 30.
03.29.12 - Students at O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas, will learn about living and working in space by speaking with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, April 3.
03.23.12 - NASA's Johnson Space Center has awarded a five-year, $120 million extension of its cooperative agreement with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston.
03.26.12 - NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mike Foreman, a veteran of two spaceflights, will spend his day with students at Hilton Head Preparatory School in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Friday, March 30.
03.13.12 - Recently back from his command of the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum will make several public appearances in the South Texas area March 24-26.
03.22.12 - NASA has selected four Texas companies to perform architecture and engineering services at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
03.20.12 - NASA is offering college and university students a chance to help design a deep space habitat.
03.19.12 - For the first time, NASA will take questions from Twitter during news briefings about upcoming International Space Station missions on Tuesday, March 20, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
03.19.12 - NASA Television will broadcast live the flight of the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ship to the International Space Station.
03.13.12 - NASA and General Motors are jointly developing a robotic glove that astronauts and autoworkers can wear to help do their respective jobs better while potentially reducing the risk of repetitive stress injuries.
03.12.12 - NASA missions aiming to increase knowledge of our solar system and planning for future deep space missions will highlight the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 19 to 23.
03.12.12 - Michael Lopez-Alegria, NASA's most experienced spacewalker and the American holding the record for the single longest spaceflight mission, has left the agency.
03.09.12 - After living aboard the International Space Station for more than five months, NASA astronaut Ron Garan will relive his spaceflight experience for the public, friends and family at several events in the New York City area.
03.05.12 - NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold two briefings Tuesday, March 20, to preview the upcoming International Space Station Expedition 32 and 33 missions. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the briefings live.
03.05.12 - A new video produced by NASA and narrated by actor Peter Cullen of "Transformers" fame celebrates humankind's inherent need to explore through the past, present and future.
Space Station Crew to Talk with Students in Silicon Valley
03.05.12 - News media representatives are invited to a live interactive event with students and the crew aboard the International Space Station as part of Destination Station activities during the month of March.
03.01.12 - On Feb. 29, NASA successfully conducted another drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test in 2014.
03.02.12 - Community college students will have the chance to design robotic rovers in cooperation with NASA. Ninety-two students from schools in 24 states have been selected to travel to a NASA center to develop rovers through the National Community College Aerospace Scholars program.
02.27.12 - NASA has presented its Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition, or QASAR, award for 2011 to Teri L. Hamlin of Manvel, Texas.
02.22.12 - Media opportunities are available in the Bay Area as NASA shares the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research aboard the International Space Station in California during the month of March.
02.17.12 - Students and educators from Sussex County, N.J., will gather at Newton High School on Wednesday, Feb. 22, to further their space studies by speaking live with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station.
02.15.12 - NASA, Astrium Space Transportation and NanoRacks LLC are teaming up to expand the research capability of the International Space Station through delivery of a small commercial centrifuge facility that will conduct molecular and cellular investigations on plant and animal tissue.
02.10.12 - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently filmed spectacular night imagery from space of the United States.
02.10.12 - NASA TV will provide live coverage of a five-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Thursday, Feb. 16
02.09.12 - Students at Crayton Middle School in Columbia, S.C., will speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
02.07.12 - NASA astronaut Janice Voss passed away from cancer overnight. One of only six women who have flown in space five times, Voss' career was highlighted by her work and dedication to scientific payloads and exploration.
02.03.12 - After living aboard the International Space Station for six months, NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts will reunite to relive their spaceflight experiences for the public, friends and co-workers Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. CST at Space Center Houston.
02.03.12 - More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency.
02.02.12 - NASA will host a media telecon at 2 p.m. CST today to discuss the status of the International Space Station and the progress toward an updated launch schedule, including international partner and commercial space vehicles.
01.31.12 - Shannon Lucid, a member of NASA's first astronaut class to include women, has retired after more than three decades of service to the agency.
01.27.12 - Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA’s Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
01.27.12 - Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular activity time in space.
01.26.12 - NASA has exercised two six-month options to the agency's Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services Contract with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of San Diego for the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The options are worth $32.9 million.
01.23.12 - Students gathered at The University of Virginia College at Wise will speak with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 9:20 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 26.
01.20.12 - After more than 30 years with NASA, astronaut Ellen Baker has retired from the agency.
01.19.12 - NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of the next spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station. The Expedition 30 crew will be standing by as the unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 46 resupply craft launches Wednesday, Jan. 25, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
01.17.12 - NASA's Johnson Space Center will officially hand over the "keys" to the Space Shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer to the Seattle Museum of Flight in a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 19.
01.12.12 - A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft soon will make a cross-country journey, giving residents in three states the chance to see a full scale test version of the vehicle that will take humans into deep space.
01.03.12 - Media representatives are invited to watch as the Orion crew capsule makes its final water landing test on Thursday, Jan. 5, at NASA's Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin in Hampton, Va.
01.03.12 - Three crew members will discuss their upcoming Expedition 31 and 32 missions in a news conference at 1 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 11, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency’s website will broadcast the briefing live.