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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Two upcoming spacewalks outside the International Space Station to conduct science research and station maintenance will feature NASA astronauts, both first-time spacewalkers. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will participate in spacewalks on Thursday, Oct. 12, and Friday, Oct. 20, with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen joining her on theContinue reading “NASA Sets Coverage of Spacewalks, News Conference for Station Upgrades”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will begin a new RS-25 test series Oct. 5, the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of the engines for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The engines will help power future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. A series of 12Continue reading “Start Your Engines: NASA to Begin Critical Testing for Future Artemis Missions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the NASA Office of Small Business Programs is pleased to share the contributions of Bastion Technologies Inc. (Bastion), a Hispanic-owned company that supports NASA’s missions. Their primary role is in Safety & Mission Assurance at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,Continue reading “NASA and Bastion: A Collaborative Teamwork Advancing Deep Space Exploration and Ensuring Safety in Missions  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The first crew to take part in a yearlong NASA Mars analog mission reached a milestone of 100 days inside the 1,700-square-foot habitat on October 3. The four person, volunteer crew entered the CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space center in Houston on JuneContinue reading “First NASA One-Year Mars Mission Simulation Reaches 100 Days”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data in support of the agency’s Earth science research. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program will acquire Earth observation data and related services from commercial sources for NASA. This fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract will be effective for a period of five yearsContinue reading “NASA Selects Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Contractors”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Substantive Areas The following sites provide substantive information on matters of concern to the Contracts and Acquisition Integrity Law Practice Group: Searchable versions of the current Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and NASA FAR Supplement (NFS). NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook  — NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook, NASA ProceduresContinue reading “Contracts and Acquisition Integrity Law Resources”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “I can almost directly trace my entire career back to [my extracurriculars] in high school and a mentor I had. My first foray into engineering was this high school program called the Robotics Science Academy. It was basically my high school’s attempt to put together a curriculum that was designedContinue reading “Jennifer L. Turner”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Oct. 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially began operations. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act the previous July, creating NASA to lead America’s civilian space program in response to Soviet advances in space exploration. T. Keith Glennan andContinue reading “65 Years Ago: NASA Begins Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When the asteroid Psyche has its first close-up with a NASA spacecraft, scientists hypothesize they will find a metal-rich asteroid. It could be part or all of the iron-rich interior of a planetesimal, an early planetary building block, that was stripped of its outer rocky shell as it repeatedly collidedContinue reading “Clues to Psyche Asteroid’s Metallic Nature Found in SOFIA Data”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NESC Technical Bulletin 23-06:Considerations for Software Fault Prevention and Tolerance The NESC has released a technical bulletin for the Software Engineering community. Mission or safety-critical spaceflight systems should be developed to both reduce the likelihood of software faults pre-flight and to detect/mitigate the effects of software errors should they occurContinue reading “NESC Technical Bulletin 23-06:Considerations for Software Fault Prevention and Tolerance”