Tag: NASA
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NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission
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…
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NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for CAPSTONE Mission to Moon
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…
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NASA Introduces 2022 Class of Flight Directors
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA has selected seven new additions to the team of flight directors to oversee operations of the International Space Station, commercial crew, and Artemis missions to the Moon. The inductees in the class of 2022 include Heidi Brewer, Ronak Dave, Chris Dobbins, Garrett Hehn, Nicole McElroy, Elias Myrmo, and Diana…
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NASA Administrator Announces Next NAC Meeting, New Members
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will convene its next meeting on August 9-10. Nelson also appointed new members to the NAC, who will provide leadership counsel and advice on agency programs and priorities. “NASA remains a global leader in exploration as a result of having a world-class workforce and…
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SPACEX WATCH LIVE: GLOBALSTAR FM15 MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 19 for launch of Globalstar FM15 to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window opens at 12:27 a.m. ET, 4:27 UTC. A backup launch opportunity is available on Monday, June 20 at 12:05 a.m. ET, 4:05 UTC. The Falcon…
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STM Weekend Wrap Up! June 18, 2022
Weekly show that offers highlights and recap into stories covered by Daily News from previous weeks Daily News offers pop culture and current events news and media. News you can use This Moment! https://stmdailynews.com Links to Stories covered in this episode: SpaceX Starship passes hurdle: https://earthsky.org/space/spacex-on-verge-of-approval-for-starship-orbital-test-flight/ Excessive Heat Warning: https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/hi Yellowstone Closed Due to Flooding::…
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SPACEX WATCH LIVE: STARLINK MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Friday, June 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 12:08 p.m. ET, or 16:08 UTC, and a backup opportunity is available on Saturday, June 18 at 11:47 a.m. ET, or 15:47…
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NASA, ESA Finalize Agreements on Climate, Artemis Cooperation
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and ESA (European Space Agency) Director General Josef Aschbacher signed two agreements Wednesday at the ESA Council meeting in Noordwijk, Netherlands, further advancing the space agencies’ cooperation on Earth science and Artemis missions. “With these two agreements, NASA and ESA are strengthening the relationship on two of our agencies’ primary mission…
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NASA, Partner Agency Leaders to Talk to Space Station Astronauts
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Giorgio Saccoccia, and leadership from the U.S. Embassy in Rome will speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station this week. ESA (European Space Agency) Director General Josef Aschbacher will join the event virtually. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 7:40…
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NASA Invites Media, Public to View Webb Telescope’s First Images
NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a televised broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Released one by one, these first images from the…