WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2). Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will command the privately funded mission. John Shoffner of Knoxville, Tennessee, will serve as pilot….

Portland, Maine (bluShift Aerospace) — If you haven’t already seen it, check out the video below that Lindsay created after our test day with students and MaxIQ Space. We had about 15 students and educators here with us setting up their payloads and viewing the cold flow test. It was really great to see these…

WASHINTON (NASA HQ PR & Blue Origin PR) — NASA has awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as part of the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. ESCAPADE will launch on Blue Origin’s New…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA is now seeking procurement ideas and solutions to encourage innovation from diverse perspectives, improve reach, reduce barriers, and ultimately meet and exceed agency goals. The NASA Acquisition Innovation Launchpad (NAIL), managed by the agency’s Office of Procurement, is now online, and submissions of inquiries and ideas will be accepted on…

Debuting February 15 and Hosted by Lance Bass, “The Last Soviet,” Tells the Story of Russian Astronaut Sergei Krikalev’s 313 Days in Space During the Collapse of the USSR Listen to the trailer HERE NEW YORK – February 8, 2023 – iHeartPodcasts, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, together with Kaleidoscope, a…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC of Titusville, Florida, and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from multiple locations. Under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract, NASA will issue a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that has a potential…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA is awarding $11.7 million to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity. These awards will enable HBCU students and faculty to conduct innovative data science research that contributes to NASA’s missions. “We’re pleased to…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — When it comes to NASA, most people look to the skies as rockets, rovers, and astronauts push the boundaries of space exploration. But the benefits of going above and beyond can be found here on Earth through products and services born from NASA innovation. The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features…

Capella Federal, led by former senior members of the U.S. military and intelligence community, offers increased Earth observation access to select U.S. defense customers  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 2023 — Capella Space, an American space tech company with data and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications, today announced the formation of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capella Federal….

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) January 30, 2023 — Vice President Kamala Harris will award former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 4:15 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hurley and Behnken will receive the award for bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space…