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NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 12 Straight Years

By |2024-05-16T18:31:00-04:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2023 image capturing the Sun’s glint in between a cloudy stretch of the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.Credits: NASA NASA was named Thursday as the 2023 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – for the 12th year in a row by the Partnership for Public Service. The [...]

NASA, European Space Agency Unite to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars

By |2024-05-16T14:54:00-04:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Nicky Fox and ESA’s Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander sign an agreement on the Rosalind Franklin mission at ESA’s headquarters in Paris, France on May 16, 2024.Credits: ESA/Damien Dos Santos NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced Thursday they signed an agreement to expand [...]

How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades

By |2024-05-16T14:01:00-04:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of the solar flare on May 14, 2024 — as seen in the bright flash on the right side. These images show a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material [...]

FY2024 TEAM II NOFO Announcement

By |2024-05-16T13:46:00-04:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Next Gen STEM’s Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) program is pleased to announce an upcoming FY2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that will expand the current program from a two-tier to a three-tier system by adding a mid-level funding tier. [...]

NASA Recognizes 5 Early Career Planetary Scientists

By |2024-05-16T11:59:00-04:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read NASA Recognizes 5 Early Career Planetary Scientists NASA has selected five early-career scientists for its 2023 Planetary Science Early Career Award (ECA) based on their demonstrated leadership, involvement in the planetary science community, and potential for future impact. The ECA program supports exceptional early-career scientists who play a meaningful role in [...]

Students Across US to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

By |2024-05-16T10:15:00-04:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

An image of NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps using the glovebox BioFabrication Facility in the Columbus European Laboratory during Expedition 71 on April 10, 2024. Credits: NASA/Michael Barratt Students of a volunteer service organization will have the opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will [...]

Accounts Payable

By |2024-05-16T09:18:00-04:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 Min Read Accounts Payable Welcome to NSSC Accounts Payable where we process all accounts payable invoices, centrally billed accounts, and government charge card transactions for the Agency. Vendor Payment NASA is committed to expedient and accurate payment of invoices.  Any questions or inquiries should be addressed to the Contracting Officer designated on your award [...]

Expedition 70 Astronauts to Share Mission in NASA Welcome Home Event

By |2024-05-15T16:58:00-04:00May 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

May 15, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: J24-010 NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara along with JAXA astronuat Satoshi Furukawa and ESA astronaut Andreas MogensenNASA Expedition 70 Astronauts to Share Mission in NASA Welcome Home Event Four astronauts will participate in a welcome home ceremony at Space Center Houston after recently returning from a mission aboard [...]

The Marshall Star for May 15, 2024

By |2024-05-15T16:04:00-04:00May 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

15 Min Read The Marshall Star for May 15, 2024 Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Visits Marshall Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his wife Christine Grady, and son Luke Grady talk with Nick Benjamin, right, a payload operations director for the International Space Station, at the Payload Operations [...]

NASA Invites Media to View NOAA’s Newest Environmental Satellite

By |2024-05-15T15:11:00-04:00May 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Technicians monitor movement and guide NOAA’s Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) as a crane hoists it on to a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky NASA will host a media availability to view NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]

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