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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

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.View the full article

NASA has selected Centuria Corporation of Reston, Virginia, for management systems engineering, software development, project management, information technology security, and enterprise architecture support services for the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Ames Research Center.View the full article

NASA has selected Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR) of Cologne, Germany, to provide use of its facility to support long-duration bed rest research.View the full article

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will visit Orlando International Airport in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 24 and meet with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) CEO Phil Brown.View the full article

The Space Station Crew is Safe Following a Debris Event on This Week @NASA – November 19, 2021

NASA Science Live: We’re Crashing a Spacecraft into an Asteroid…on Purpose!

La NASA publicó la traducción al español de una novela gráfica digital el viernes.View the full article

Media accreditation is now open for SpaceX’s 24th cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.View the full article

NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming launch and docking of a new Russian docking module to the International Space Station.View the full article

Launching Soon: NASA's First Asteroid Deflection Test

NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston a contract to deliver research, including science investigations and a technology demonstration, to the Moon in 2024.View the full article