New missions, announcements
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6 years ago
NASA Selects Experiments for Possible Lunar Flights in 2019
NASANASA has selected 12 science and technology demonstration payloads to fly to the Moon as early as the end of this year, dependent upon the availability of commercial landers.
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NASA Administrator Hosts Media, Industry Forum on Lunar Exploration Plans
NASANASA invites media to its headquarters in Washington Thursday, Feb. 14, to learn more about agency partnership opportunities with American companies to develop reusable systems that can land astronauts on the Moon.
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NASA Begins America’s New Moon to Mars Exploration Approach in 2018
NASANASA welcomed a new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, deputy administrator, Jim Morhard, and chief financial officer, Jeff DeWit, in 2018. Their focus is on firmly establishing the groundwork to send Americans back to the Moon sustainably, with plans to use the agency’s lunar experience to prepare to send astronauts to Mars.
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NASA TV to Air ‘Spirit of Apollo’ Tribute from National Cathedral
NASAThis month marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, which was the first to bring humans to another world as they orbited the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968.
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6 years ago
NASA Announces New Partnerships for Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery Services
NASANine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts, as one of the first steps toward long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and eventually Mars.
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NASA Administrator to Announce New Moon to Mars Partnerships with US Companies
NASANASA invites media to its headquarters in Washington for the announcement of new Moon partnerships with American companies at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 29.
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6 years ago
NASA Looks to University Researchers for Innovative Space Tech Solutions
NASAUniversity-led research could transform the future of space exploration, from small spacecraft to “smart” systems for the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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6 years ago
European-Built Service Module Arrives in U.S. for First Orion Moon Mission
NASAThe powerhouse that will help NASA’s Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on Exploration Mission-1 arrived from Germany at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday to begin final outfitting, integration and testing wit
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7 years ago
NASA Administrator Highlights ‘Moon to Mars’ Events Across Agency Oct. 24
NASANASA invites media to visit one of the agency’s many locations across the United States on Wednesday, Oct. 24, to learn more about how NASA is preparing to return astronauts to the Moon, then on the Mars.
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7 years ago
Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System
NASAUsing NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.
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