NASA Sets Briefings to Preview March Space Shuttle Mission, STS-123
NASA will discuss upcoming space shuttle mission STS-123 during a daylong series of media briefings from the Johnson Space Center beginning at 8 a.m. CST on Feb. 29. The briefings will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency’s Web site. Questions also will be [...]

NASA Sets Media Credentials Deadlines for March Shuttle Flight
NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-123 mission, targeted to launch March 11. The shuttle’s seven-member crew will deliver the first segment of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as Kibo, and the Canadian Space Agency’s two-armed robotic system, Dextre, to the International Space [...]

NASA Awards Contract for Space Shuttle Robotics Support
NASA has awarded a potential five-year, $75.8 million contract to Canadian Commercial Corporation of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for support of hardware and software associated with the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System robotic arm, inspection boom assembly and robotic work station.
The cost plus no fee contract will provide support [...]

NASA Orbiter Finds Possible Cave Skylights on Mars
NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to seven possible caves on the slopes of a Martian volcano. The find is fueling interest in potential underground habitats and sparking searches for caverns elsewhere on the Red Planet.
Very dark, nearly circular features ranging in diameter from about 328 [...]

NASA and Mad Science Partner to Promote Science Education
NASA and the Mad Science Group of Montreal, Canada, have teamed in an effort to spark the imagination of children, encouraging more youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The two organizations recently signed a Space Act Agreement, officially launching the development of the [...]

NASA Sets Media Accreditation Deadlines for Next Shuttle Mission
NASA is accepting media accreditation requests for the upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-120. Shuttle Discovery is targeted to launch Oct. 23 to begin a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.
All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend the shuttle launch from NASA’s Kennedy [...]

NASA Awards Technology Services Contract Option
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has exercised an option to continue an existing contract with Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, of San Diego, to provide information technology services to NASA.
The option is valued at $205.9 million. It continues efforts under the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, [...]

NASA Awards Reusable Solid Rocket Motors Contract Modification
NASA has awarded a contract modification valued at $681 million to ATK Launch Systems of Brigham City, Utah, for continued delivery of space shuttle reusable solid rocket motors.
The modification reforms and extends the current contract to align production to new launch schedule requirements through Sept. 30, 2010. The [...]

NASA’s Ames Research Center Awards Support Services Contract
NASA has selected Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall of Los Angeles to provide on-site architectural and engineering support services at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
The contract includes a one-year base period and four one-year option periods, with a maximum value of $45 million, if NASA [...]

NASA Invites Reporters for Lunar Mission Tests at ‘Desert Rats’
News media are invited to spend a day with NASA’s planetary rovers, robots and futuristic spacesuits as the agency tests hardware for missions to the moon. A media day for the event, known as Desert RATS, will be held Sept. 12 northeast of Flagstaff, Ariz.
Desert [...]