NASA Awards Contract for Institutional Support Services
NASA has awarded the Kennedy Space Center Institutional Support Services IV (KISS IV) contract to Apache-Logical Joint Venture of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Media Accreditation Open for Launch of NASA’s Newest Communications Satellite
Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-M. Liftoff on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is targeted for 9:02 a.m. EDT Aug. 3, at the opening of a 40-minute launch window.
NASA Awards Contract for Atmospheric Trace-Gas Monitoring Mission
NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Oklahoma in Norman for a first-of-its-kind Earth science mission that will extend our nation’s lead in measuring key carbon-based greenhouse gases and vegetation health from space to advance our understanding of Earth’s natural exchanges of carbon between the land, atmosphere and ocean.
NASA Opens Media Credentialing for Sept. 15 Cassini Saturn Finale
Media accreditation is now open for events around the conclusion of Cassini's mission at Saturn. The spacecraft, which has explored the ringed planet and its moons since 2004, will make a fateful plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on Sept. 15, ending its long and discovery-rich mission.
NASA Selects Logistics Management Services Contractor
NASA has selected Lockwood Hills Federal, LLC of Herndon, Virginia, to provide institutional logistics management services for the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.
NASA Prepares for Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse with Live Coverage, Safety Information
For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will occur across the entire continental United States, and NASA is preparing to share this experience of a lifetime on Aug. 21.
ESA marks #Asteroid Day
The United Nations has declared 30 June to be International Asteroid Day, and ESA is joining other space agencies, astronauts, scientists and even rock stars for a 24-hour global telethon.
Satellite for 5G
Magali Vassiere, Director of Telecom and Integrated Applications, discusses added value that satellite brings in the context of 5G
New satcom projects
ESA unveils two new satcom initiatives, Govsatcom Precursor and Satellites for 5G at the Paris Air and Space Show
Proba-V images Portuguese forest fire
ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite has captured the forest fire raging in central Portugal, revealing blackened scars and columns of smoke as well as pinpointing active fire hotspots.
Exploration Masters
Replay: Announced at the Paris Air and Space Show, a new Space Exploration Masters to encourage business innovation and new technology transfer benefititng Earth
Deep space CubeSat
Technology image of the week: A small spacecraft for a small asteroid – presenting ESA’s M–ARGO CubeSat concept
Le Bourget day 2
Roundup of Day 2 at the Paris Air and Space Show, 20 June
Experiment cube
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Ice Cube commercial service in Columbus space laboratory mockup
Space Exploration
Presenting Europe’s vision for space exploration with human spaceflight director David Parker, at the Paris Air and Space show, 20 June
Gravitational wave mission selected, planet-hunting mission moves forward
The LISA trio of satellites to detect gravitational waves from space has been selected as the third large-class mission in ESA’s Science programme, while the Plato exoplanet hunter moves into development.
NASA Debuts Automated System to Streamline Technology Patent Licensing
NASA has developed a new system to streamline the way the agency licenses its technology patents, making the transfer of NASA-patented innovations to industry easier than ever before.
Pushing the limits
Replay interaction with ESA DG and member state delegates on the evolution of our Agency, Paris Air and Space show 20 June
Interview CNES President
Interview with Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of CNES, at the Paris Air and Space show 20 June
Media Conference
Replay of ESA's media conference with DG Jan Woerner and ESA Directors, at the Paris Air and Space Show, 19 June 2017