Seeking Ideas To Advance Agency's Plans For Deep-Space Exploration
NASA is seeking proposals from universities to advance the agency's plans for exploration to deep space and Mars. The Early Stage Innovations NASA Research Announcement calls for innovative space technology proposals that could benefit the space program, other government agencies and the greater aerospace community.
Exercises Options For Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations
NASA has exercised the second option of its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL)/Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) Operations Contract (NSOC) with Raytheon Technical Services Company of Houston. The contract is to provide continued support of operations, training and mission planning and maintenance at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA Welcomes Report's Findings, Smith Says It Highlights Issues
In its recently-released report "Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration", The National Research Council says that the long-term future of the manned space program is unclear beyond participation in the International Space Station.
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