Month: March 2023

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has established the new Moon to Mars Program Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington to carry out the agency’s human exploration activities at the Moon and Mars for the benefit of humanity. Amit Kshatriya will serve as the agency’s first head of the office, effective immediately. This new office resides within the Exploration…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has selected ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC, of Beltsville, Maryland for the Repairs, Operations, Maintenance and Engineering (ROME) contract. This is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed price and cost-plus, fixed-fee task orders. The minimum ordering value is $2.5 million and the maximum ordering value is $320 million over the…

Space Systems Command prepares to launch National Reconnaissance Office mission aboard  United Launch Alliance’s next-to-last Delta IV Heavy rocket from the East Coast  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are preparing to launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket no…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has announced the recipients of its annual Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants, providing a total of more than $10.8 million across 15 institutions over three years to support scientific and technical research. This research aligns with agency’ priorities, including understanding our changing environment and advancing long-term…

HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit  TOKYO—March 21, 2023—ispace, inc., a global lunar exploration company, announced today that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander is now safely orbiting the Moon following a lunar orbit insertion maneuver, thereby successfully completing Success 7 of its Mission 1 Milestones.  The Mission 1 Lander performed its…

HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander Completes All Deep Space Maneuvers Prior to Lunar Orbit Insertion TOKYO—March 18, 2023—ispace, inc., (ispace) a global lunar exploration company, today announced that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander has successfully completed Success 6 of its Mission 1 Milestones by completing all deep space orbital control maneuvers before lunar orbital insertion…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — New technology is a key to helping NASA advance its long-term exploration goals for the benefit of all. To support its effort, the agency announced Thursday it will create two new institutes to develop technology in critical areas for engineering and climate research.   Two new Space Technology Research Institutes (STRIs) will…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Space Systems Command (SCC) through its partnership with NASA, successfully launched the Space Test Program-Houston 9 (STP-H9) mission, which will deliver eight DoD Space Test Program (STP) experimental payloads to NASA’s International Space Station (ISS).   In the next few days robotic operators at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and in Japan Exploration…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than November 2023 from the agency’s NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The diversity of currently available commercial orbital human spaceflight opportunities is truly astounding….

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — To carry multiple payloads to the far side of the Moon including a satellite to orbit that area, NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas. The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA…