Author: N.A.S.A.

NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., to provide launch services for expendable launch vehicles.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…spaceport.html

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P, or GOES-P, is scheduled for launch aboard a Delta IV rocket on Tuesday, March 2, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…_Coverage.html

NASA published its Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Estimates on Monday, providing more information about the president’s plan for the agency’s future.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…overviews.html

Space shuttle Endeavour and six astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 10:20 p.m. EST landing Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…0_Landing.html

Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Sunday, Feb. 21 after a 14-day mission.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…r_Landing.html

NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a series of news briefings on Tuesday, March 9, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…y_Preview.html

NASA will honor the achievements of the 2009 Centennial Challenges prize winners and competition hosts with a technical symposium Feb. 25 and a recognition ceremony Feb. 26.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…hallenges.html

A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…st_images.html

New findings from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers think pervades the universe.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…xplosions.html

The next set of International Space Station residents will be available to talk to journalists at 1 p.m. CST on Tuesday, March 2.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…nterviews.html

President Obama, congressional leaders and middle school students will speak with the astronaut crews of the International Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. EST to congratulate them on their successful ongoing mission.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…a_STS-130.html

The 11 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 8:39 p.m. CST on Thursday, Feb. 18.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…onference.html

NASA will exercise a one-year extension option for a contract with Computer Science Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and modification support.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…_Aircraft.html

NASA is targeting Monday, April 5, for the launch of the next space shuttle from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…unch_Move.html

NASA will hold a teleconference with reporters at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 17, to discuss the latest Chandra X-ray Observatory findings that advance our understanding of certain supernovae.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…a_Telecon.html

Students in elementary and middle schools nationwide will have their questions about space answered live on Feb. 14 by space shuttle astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…_Downlink.html

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 41 on a first-of-a-kind mission to reveal the sun’s inner workings in unprecedented detail. The launch aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:23 a.m. EST.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…DO_launch.html

NASA and Texas Instruments are using the theme of human space exploration to develop digital libraries of math and science problems for high school students.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…struments.html

NASA presented its highest honor for quality and performance, the George M. Low Award, to two companies that share a commitment to teamwork, safety, customer service, technical and managerial excellence.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…Low_Award.html

NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the March space shuttle flight to the International Space Station.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…edentials.html