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NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery Set for Final Trip to Launch Pad

01.25.11 - Journalists are invited to cover space shuttle Discovery's move from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39A on Monday, Jan. 31 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Media Accreditation For Next Space Shuttle Flight Ends Feb. 11

01.25.11 - The deadline for media accreditation for the February space shuttle launch to the International Space station ends on Feb. 11.
NASA Partners On Nanosail-D Amateur Astronomy Image Contest

01.24.11 - NASA has formed a partnership with Spaceweather.com to engage the amateur astronomy community to submit the best images of the orbiting NanoSail-D solar sail.
NASA Explores Potential New Users For Some Kennedy Facilities

01.24.11 - NASA has released a formal Notice of Availability (NOA) and Request for Information (RFI) to identify interest from industry for space processing and support facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Remembers Those Lost Pursuing Discovery And Exploration

01.24.11 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will lay a wreath at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia at 10 a.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 27, to commemorate the agency's National Day of Remembrance.
NASA Announces Media Teleconference About Hubble Discovery

01.21.11 - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
NASA Prepares To Launch Next Earth-Observing Satellite Mission

01.20.11 - NASA's newest Earth-observing research mission is nearing launch. The Glory mission will improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate.
NASA Postpones Wallops Integration Facility Ceremony

01.20.11 - NASA postponed the Jan. 21 unveiling of the new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia due to expected inclement weather.
Next International Space Station Crew Holds News Conference

01.20.11 - The next three crew members to live and work aboard the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA Updates Broadcast Plans For Japanese Cargo Flight To Station

01.20.11 - The launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle "Kounotori2" (HTV2) planned for Thursday, Jan. 20, was rescheduled due to a forecast for weather conditions that would exceed launch restrictions.
NASA Spacecraft Prepares For Valentine's Day Comet Rendezvous

01.19.11 - NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft is nearing a celestial date with comet Tempel 1 at approximately 11:37 p.m. EST, on Feb. 14.
Astronaut Steve Bowen Named To STS-133 Space Shuttle Crew

01.19.11 - NASA selected astronaut Steve Bowen as a mission specialist on STS-133, the next space shuttle mission planned for launch on Feb. 24. Bowen replaces astronaut Tim Kopra, who was injured in a bicycle accident over the weekend.
NASA Invites Public To Vote On Optimus Prime Contest Student Videos

01.19.11 - NASA has opened online voting for the agency's OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award student video contest.
NASA Television To Air Space Station Spacewalk

01.19.11 - Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, Jan. 21, to prepare the complex for future assembly and experiment work.
NASA Challenges Students To Train Like An Astronaut

01.18.11 - NASA and 14 international space agencies are challenging students to complete a nutrition and fitness program known as "Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut."
NASA TV To Broadcast Japanese Cargo Craft Flight To Space Station

01.18.11 - NASA plans live television coverage of the launch, grapple and berthing of the second unpiloted Japanese cargo ship that will deliver more than four tons of food and supplies to the International Space Station.
NASA Unveiling New Rocket Integration Facility At Wallops

01.14.11 - NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 21.
Astronaut Jose Hernandez Leaves NASA

01.14.11 - After a decade working in various roles, astronaut Jose Hernandez has left NASA for a position in the aerospace industry.
NASA Administrator Participates In Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebrations In South Carolina

01.14.11 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will travel to his hometown of South Carolina to participate in three events on Jan. 18 to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
NASA Invites Students To Send Experiments To The Edge Of Space

01.14.11 - NASA is inviting student teams to design and build experiments the agency will fly into the stratosphere, a near-space environment, more than 100,000 feet above the Earth.