Just remember @NASA up to 10% of Americans don't have Internet access plus there's no access at schools & libraries that are closed. Not all cable services carry NASA TV. You need to find a way to deliver your content to those people too #DigitalDivide #NASAatHome @JimBridenstine https://t.co/W74gMkcxEe — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 26, 2020

Teamwork and Resilience: Today’s Ask the Administrator, NASA “Thank you for all the great questions submitted for this week’s virtual Ask the Administrator. With the assistance of Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk and Chief Health and Medical Officer Dr. J.D. Polk, we got through as many questions as possible in this session. I encourage you to take a moment to watch the video online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCKR9Ge-5Gw. The video also will be […]

NASA Science Division Updates to the Community, NASA “The NASA Science Division Directors will provide community updates on Tuesday, March 31, when they address the discipline committees of the National Academies’ Space Studies Board (SSB) during Space Science Week 2020. During the updates, the Science Division Directors will discuss the President’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for NASA Science and other Division specific updates of NASA’s science programs.”

Elon Musk’s SpaceX puts employees in quarantine after two workers get coronavirus, telegraph “An employee and a medic at Elon Musk’s SpaceX have tested positive for coronavirus, causing the company to put at least 12 of its workers in quarantine. Employees were told on Monday afternoon that two people working at the company’s facility in Hawthorne, near Los Angeles had the virus, according to a company email seen by The […]

To all our readers in the space community: when dealing with #COVID19 be the Matt Damon on the left – not the one on the right. #BeMarkWatney #Coronavirus #NASA pic.twitter.com/eyw7q1GLCT — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 24, 2020 Keith’s note: I am starting to see Facebook and social media posts by people I know – who know people who are sick with COVID-19 – or have died. This will start to […]

Message From The NASA Administrator: March 24 Update on Agency Response to Coronavirus “Our nation is fighting an invisible enemy – coronavirus (COVID-19). NASA is implementing important measures across the agency to do our part to help slow the transmission of COVID-19 and protect our communities. To continue NASA’s inspiring mission, the safety of our workforce is our top priority. We will not ask employees and contractors to perform work […]

ISS National Laboratory: COVID-19 Response and Update, CASIS “Effective March 20, 2020, we elevated the COVID-19 response level at the ISS National Lab, enacting a mandatory telework policy for our team. … As we endeavor to navigate this very dynamic situation, we will provide status updates as necessary. For now, let’s all do the best that we can to remain safe and healthy. Let’s also make an effort to remain […]

ESA scales down science mission operations amid pandemic, ESA “In response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, ESA has decided to further reduce on-site personnel at its mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. The new adjustments require temporarily stopping instrument operation and data gathering on four Solar System science missions, which are part of the wider fleet of 21 spacecraft currently flown by the Agency from the European Space Operations Centre […]

NASA Science Mission Directorate Virtual Town Hall 2020 “The leadership of SMD recognizes that the COVID-19 epidemic has placed tremendous strain on all of us and our families, disrupting our lives and putting new hurdles in the way of accomplishing our professional goals. Our first priority is the safety of everyone who works on NASA missions and funded research and SMD leadership is committed to doing all it can to […]

NASA Weekly Update from the Administrator – March 23, 2020 Most of the agency remains at Stage 3 of NASA’s Response Framework to COVID-19, with mandatory telework for all employees and limited exceptions for on-site work. Ames, Michoud and Stennis are at Stage 4 with personnel on-site to protect life and critical infrastructure. Recently, Glenn Research Center in Ohio and NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City […]