June 24, 2022 – TNC Network News

NASA Awards Facilities Engineering Design, Inspection Services Contract

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 TNC

NASA has awarded the Facilities Engineering Design and Inspection Services (FEDIS) II contract to Vanguard Pacific LLC of Foley, Alabama, to provide architect and engineering design services at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a potential mission services value of $25.6 million and a maximum potential IDIQ value of $22.5 million,…

Family Meals that Make Busy Weeknights a Breeze

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 Rebecca Jo

(Family Features) After a long day in the classroom or at the office, it’s tough to top bringing the family together with a home-cooked meal. When evenings are busy with homework and activities, however, there might be little time left for complicated dishes. Take those schedules on with a menu of delicious recipes that require 30 minutes or less so…

NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 TNC

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday to provide an update on the agency’s mission to study the Pysche asteroid. Audio of the briefing will livestream on the agency’s website. Teleconference participants include: Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington Laurie Leshin, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern…

Sweet Summer Treats that Beat the Heat

June 24, 2022June 23, 2022 Rebecca Jo

(Family Features) Whether your family’s ideal summer day consists of swimming, hiking, biking or simply enjoying the sunshine, all that time in the heat calls for a sweet way to cool off. It’s hard to beat a homemade treat loaded with favorite summertime flavors that’s as cold and creamy as it is sweet and delicious. For a lighter, better-for-you solution,…

World UFO Day!

June 24, 2022May 20, 2022 Rod Washington

World UFO Day commemorates two separate dates. The first, on June 24th, recognizes the first widely reported UFO sighting on this same day in 1947 by aviator Kenneth Arnold. On July 2nd, the date commemorates the incident that took place in Roswell, New Mexico, in the same year. Before 1947, written record of humans sighting unusual and unexplained objects in…

NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for CAPSTONE Mission to Moon

June 24, 2022June 23, 2022 TNC

NASA will air live launch coverage of the agency’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE), the first spacecraft to fly a specific unique lunar orbit ahead of future missions with crew. CAPSTONE is targeted to launch no earlier than Monday, June 27, aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia,…