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NASA Announces 2021 Class of Astronaut Candidates

Replacing a Space Station Communications Antenna on This Week @NASA – December 3, 2021

NASA will provide live coverage of key events in the mission of a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private citizens set to launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 8, and return to Earth on Sunday, Dec. 19.View the full article

Live feed of the Dec. 4, 2021 total solar eclipse

La NASA está buscando líderes para uno de los mejores trabajos existentes en la Tierra relacionados con vuelos espaciales tripulados (incluyendo misiones a la Luna): el puesto de director de vuelo en Control de Misión en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston.View the full article

NASA is looking for leaders for one of the best jobs on Earth for human spaceflight – including missions to the Moon – the position of flight director in mission control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.View the full article

NASA Astronauts Read Aloud: You Are Going

Watch NASA's IXPE Observatory Launch Into Space — Official Live Broadcast

NASA has awarded the Booster Production and Operations Contract (BPOC) to Northrop Grumman of Brigham City, Utah, to build boosters for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to support nine SLS flights.View the full article

NASA has signed agreements with three U.S. companies to develop designs of space stations and other commercial destinations in space.View the full article

NASA is currently reviewing 195 comments it received from the public aimed at addressing the barriers that potentiallyView the full article

After evaluating more than 12,000 applications, NASA will introduce its 2021 astronaut candidates at 12:30 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 6, from Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.View the full article

Vice President Kamala Harris chaired the first National Space Council meeting of the Biden-Harris Administration Wednesday, Dec. 1 at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.View the full article

We Asked a NASA Expert: What’s it Like Landing on Mars?

Vice President Kamala Harris Chairs Her First National Space Council Meeting

NASA will air live coverage of the first National Space Council Meeting held under the Biden-Harris Administration at 1:30 p.m. EST today, Wednesday, Dec. 1, from the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.View the full article

NASA Spacewalk to Replace Space Station Antenna

Launch of NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration — LCRD Official Launch Coverage

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, the first satellite dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from a variety of cosmic sources, such as black holes and neutron stars.View the full article

NASA is taking a step toward the next era of space communications with the launch of its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) on Sunday, Dec. 5.View the full article

NASA Spacewalk to Replace Space Station Antenna

The Launch of Our First Planetary Defense Test Mission on This Week @NASA – November 26, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving from NASA!

We Asked a NASA Expert: What's the Difference Between Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors?

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Orlando International Airport in Florida Wednesday and met with aviation leaders to discuss implementing aircraft flight scheduling technology developed by the agency that will soon improve dependability for passengers – which is especially important during peak travel times like the Thanksgiving holiday.View the full article