- NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover LandingNASA is hosting a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m. EST to discuss the upcoming landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Read more »
- NASA Science to Host Community Town HallNASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency’s associate administrator for science, at 2 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 25. Read more »
- 2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis ShowsEarth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Read more »
- NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon MissionsNASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 16, for the hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Read more »
- NASA, Government of Japan Formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis ProgramNASA and the Government of Japan have finalized an agreement for the lunar Gateway, an orbiting outpost that commercial and international partners will build together. Read more »
- NASA, NOAA to Announce 2020 Global Temperatures, Climate ConditionsClimate researchers from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their annual assessment of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2020 during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 14. Read more »
- NASA Accelerates SLS Rocket Hot Fire Test, Invites Media to Pretest BriefingFollowing a test readiness review on Monday, NASA is now targeting Saturday, Jan. 16, for the final test in the Green Run testing series for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the agency’s Artemis I mission. Read more »
- NASA Highlights Astrophysics Missions at ‘Super Bowl of Astronomy’Experts from across NASA will discuss topics ranging from black holes to exploding stars to planets beyond our solar system at the 237th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Read more »
- NASA, FAA Partnership Bolsters American Commercial Space ActivitiesNASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) reaffirming the agencies’ longstanding relationship to foster robust American commercial space transportation capabilities, including commercial crew and cargo activities. Read more »
- NASA, NSF Sign Agreement to Advance Space, Earth, Biological, Physical SciencesNASA and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) have signed a memorandum of understanding affirming the agencies’ intent to continue their longstanding partnership in mutually beneficial research activities advancing space, Earth, biological, and physical sciences to further U.S. national space policy and promote the progress of science. Read more »
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