NASA Invites Media to Learn About New Missions to Map Sun’s Influence – NASA

NASA Invites Media to Learn About New Missions to Map Sun’s Influence – NASA

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 4, to discuss the agency’s upcoming Sun and space weather missions, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory. The two missions are targeting launch on the same rocket no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23. The IMAP mission will map … Read more

La NASA invita a los medios al lanzamiento conjunto de misiones sobre el Sol y la meteorología espacial – NASA

La NASA invita a los medios al lanzamiento conjunto de misiones sobre el Sol y la meteorología espacial – NASA

Read this release in English here. La NASA ha abierto el plazo para la acreditación de los medios para el lanzamiento de tres observatorios que estudiarán el Sol y mejorarán nuestra capacidad de hacer pronósticos precisos de meteorología espacial, ayudando a proteger los sistemas tecnológicos que impactan la vida en la Tierra. La NASA tiene previsto … Read more

NASA Invites Media to Joint Launch of Sun, Space Weather Missions – NASA

NASA Invites Media to Joint Launch of Sun, Space Weather Missions – NASA

Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Media accreditation is open for the launch of three observatories that will study the Sun and enhance the ability to make accurate space weather forecasts, helping protect technology systems that affect life on Earth. NASA is targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23, for the launch of the … Read more

NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces – NASA

NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces – NASA

Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. Jointly developed by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and a critical part of the United States … Read more

NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission – NASA

NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission – NASA

NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to launch the agency’s Aspera mission, a SmallSat to study galaxy formation and evolution, providing new insights into how the universe works. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. This contract allows the agency to … Read more

NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning – NASA

NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning – NASA

NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of galaxies, and to search for the ingredients of life in our galaxy. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx lifted off at 8:10 p.m. PDT on … Read more

NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract – NASA

NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract – NASA

NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed price launch service task order is being awarded under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity NASA Launch Services II … Read more

NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Pandora Mission – NASA

NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Pandora Mission – NASA

NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to find out how changes in stars affect our observations of exoplanet atmospheres. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) … Read more

NASA’s PUNCH Mission Tests Solar Arrays Before Launch – NASA

NASA’s PUNCH Mission Tests Solar Arrays Before Launch – NASA

Technicians supporting NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission deployed and tested the spacecraft’s solar arrays at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of its launch next month. The arrays, essential for powering instruments and systems, mark another milestone in preparing PUNCH for its … Read more

NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch – NASA

NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch – NASA

NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 31, to discuss a new telescope that will improve our understanding of how the universe evolved and search for key ingredients for life in our galaxy. Agency experts will preview NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and … Read more