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NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars March 4, covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across the Martian landscape. View the full article

Media accreditation is now open for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station. View the full article

NASA has awarded the Mars Ascent Propulsion System (MAPS) contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Elkton, Maryland, to provide propulsion support and products for spaceflight missions at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. View the full article

Since NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down at Jezero Crater Feb. 18, mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare the rover for the unpaved road ahead. View the full article

Spacewalk at the International Space Station

Artemis: We Are Focused

Women of NASA Drive Exploration and Discovery

Meet the Astronauts Launching on NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Mission to the International Space Station

News Update on Upcoming NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Mission

How it Looks to Land on Mars on This Week @NASA – February 27, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronaut Victor Glover

In celebration of Black History Month, NASA astronaut Victor Glover welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris to the International Space Station for a virtual chat. View the full article

NASA Headquarters Unveils New Name: Mary W. Jackson Headquarters Building

On Friday, NASA celebrated the agency’s first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson, with a ceremony to formally name the agency’s headquarters building in Washington in her honor. View the full article

NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. View the full article

NASA ceremony to name headquarters after Hidden Figure Mary W. Jackson

Tour the Perseverance Mars Rover’s New Home with Mission Experts

NASA is set to start high-voltage functional ground testing of the agency’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, which will perform flights to help develop certification standards for emerging electric aircraft. NASA is also supporting these new electric aircraft by developing quiet, efficient, reliable technology these vehicles will need View the full article

Honoring a 'Hidden Figure': NASA to Unveil the Mary W. Jackson Headquarters Building

Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk will lead a ceremony at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 26, officially naming the NASA Headquarters building in Washington in honor of Mary W. Jackson View the full article

Spacewalk to Prepare the International Space Station for Solar Array Upgrades

News Update on Upcoming Space Station Spacewalks

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees, allowing the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument to capture its first panorama after touching down on the Red Planet on Feb 18. View the full article

NASA is seeking proposals for ground and flight demonstrations of integrated megawatt-class powertrain systems for subsonic aircraft. View the full article

NASA has awarded the Spectrum and Resource Management, Engineering and Programmatic Support Services (SpectRE) contract to Agile Decision Sciences LLC of Beltsville, Maryland. View the full article