NASA Breaking News NASA Administrator Reflects on Legacy Record-Breaking Skylab, Apollo Astronaut The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of Apollo and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean: read more... Family Release Regarding the Passing of Apollo, Skylab Astronaut Alan Bean The following is an obituary article released on the behalf of Alan Bean’s family: read more... NASA Awards $43.5 Million to US Small Businesses for Technology Research, Development NASA has selected 304 proposals from U.S. small businesses to advance research and technology in Phase I of its 2018 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and 44 proposals for the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, totaling $43.5 million in awards. read more... NASA Awards Options for Two Joint Polar Satellite System Spacecraft NASA has exercised options under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract for two additional Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft to be built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). read more... NASA Administrator Statement on Space Policy Directive-2 The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday’s signing of Space Policy Directive-2 by President Donald Trump: read more... NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch and Andrew Morgan have been assigned to spaceflights scheduled to launch in 2019. Both Koch and Morgan were selected as NASA astronauts in 2013. read more... NASA Awards Contract for Space Telescope Mission NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, for the primary instrument components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). read more... Twin Spacecraft Launch to Track Earth’s Water Movement A joint U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth’s mass on and beneath the planet’s surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday from the California coast. read more... NASA Invites Media to View New Mission to Study the Frontier of Space Media will have the opportunity June 4-5 for tours, interviews and photographs of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) as it prepares to leave Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a scheduled mid-June launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. read more... Steve Jurczyk Appointed NASA Associate Administrator; Krista Paquin Retires; Melanie W. Saunders Named Acting Deputy Associate Administrator NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Steve Jurczyk as associate administrator, the agency's highest-ranking civil servant position read more...