NASA Weekly Update from the Administrator – Aug. 17, 2020 “This week the agency’s COVID-19 Response leadership and I will record a town hall to answer your questions and provide an update on the status of the agency. If you’d like to submit a question, please visit https://www.nasa.gov/townhall before the submission window closes tomorrow, Aug. 18, at noon EDT. You’ll receive a NASA INC message with a link to the […]

NASA has a unique ability to bring people together even in times of great difficulty. I hope Bob and Doug’s historic mission on Saturday reminded us that we can accomplish great things when we come together as a nation. pic.twitter.com/6ONkcUDaL4 — Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) June 2, 2020 Message from the NASA Administrator – June 1, 2020 “NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 launch this past weekend was a tremendous accomplishment. Seeing Doug and […]

NASA to Announce Commercial Human Lander Awards for Artemis Moon Missions, NASA “NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 30, to announce the companies selected to develop modern human landing systems (HLS) that will carry the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024 and develop sustainable lunar exploration by the end of the decade. Audio of the call will […]

NASA Develops COVID-19 Prototype Ventilator in 37 Days “A new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers and tailored to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients passed a critical test Tuesday at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, an epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States.” NASA Contributes Expertise, Ingenuity to COVID-19 Fight, NASA “On April 1, NASA launched an agencywide call for ideas on its internal crowdsourcing […]

NASA Weekly Update from the Administrator – April 20, 2020 “Our agency’s efforts to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and continue our mission are very impressive. Our Perseverance Mars rover is making final steps to launch this summer, mission schedules for the first human launches in the Commercial Crew Program are being set, and our OSIRIS-REx team completed the first practice run for landing the spacecraft on the asteroid […]

NASA Weekly Update from the Administrator – April 13, 2020, NASA “Determining to help others in times of distress rather than focusing only on your own needs is a great demonstration of character. I have been overwhelmed by the many stories of how the NASA team is helping their coworkers and our various communities across the nation. Every effort, whether big or small is significant. For example, the NASA at […]

Message From The NASA Administrator: Adjusting to the Temporary “New Normal” “It’s been just over two weeks since NASA transitioned, as an agency, into Stage 3 of its coronavirus (COVID-19) response framework. In that time, several facilities have moved into Stage 4 due to on-site COVID-19 cases and/or an increasing number of cases in their surrounding communities. Marshall Space Flight Center recently became the latest to move to Stage 4. […]

Message From The NASA Administrator: Help the Nation – Bring Your Ideas to NASA@WORK, NASA “Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard from employees across the agency who want to help the nation through this unprecedented time. These comments exemplify the prevailing, can-do spirit of NASA people and our willingness to take on any challenge. As the nation comes together to confront this crisis, we must look at every opportunity […]

NASA Weekly Update from the Administrator – March 30, 2020, NASA “Thank you for all your questions in last week’s Ask the Administrator. Our agency’s response to COVID-19 is admirable and characteristic of the strength and spirit of our team. If you haven’t had a chance to view the recording, you can do so here. These difficult challenges have a way of bringing out our best and because of that […]

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 […]

Submit Your Questions for NASA’s First “Ask the Administrator” “Do you have a question about NASA’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19)? Submit your questions and Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk, and Chief Health and Medical Officer Dr. J.D. Polk will answer them during a recorded video Q&A session. The question queue will be open until noon EDT Tuesday, March 24. The video will be posted online Wednesday, March 25, […]

Keith’s note: Today is NASA’s 56th birthday. This video contains NASA’s first Administrator T. Keith Glennan delivering a message to employees of NACA about “N – A – S – A “. Is it just me or does this guy sound like Heywood Floyd during his moon base speech in “2001 A Space Odyssey”? Just sayin’.

“Charles Bolden talked about his experiences as an astronaut and his current duties as NASA administrator.?He discussed some of the more than 100 missions he flew over North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during his career as a Marine pilot flying the A-6 Intruder.?He recounted the improbability of an African American being accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy in a time of racial segregation in his home state of South Carolina.?He […]

From: Anonymous at Marshall Space Flight Center Question(s): An alternative launch vehicle was proposed that has many advantages to Ares I/V. The direct STS derived vehicle offers more mass to orbit at $2B less per year, minimizes changes to the STS launch infrastructure while maintaining existing workforce, provides greater flexibility for lunar architecture options including global access anytime return, enables large science missions, and allows upgrades for Mars exploration. The […]

From: Konstantin Penanen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Date: 17-Aug-2007Question(s): Mike, During your recent all-hands meeting at JPL a number of employees raised their concerns about the implementation of HSPD-12 and the resulting intrusive investigations. While you expressed your own basic comfort with the directive, you emphasized that the process is government-wide and your hands were tied. We at JPL have the privilege of hosting a number of students and postdocs conducting […]

Editor’s note: The following selection is repeated – verbatim – from an ongoing “Ask the Administrator” dialog with Mike Griffin, located on InsideNASA, and can be viewed by anyone at NASA: From: Anonymous (Goddard Space Flight Center) Question(s): After making the hard and much needed decision to stop moving the Lunar Precursor and Robotics Program office from Center to Center and bring it to HQ to more efficiently manage NASA’s […]

Editor’s note: The following selection is repeated – verbatim – from an ongoing “Ask the Administrator” dialog with Mike Griffin, located on InsideNASA, and can be viewed by anyone at NASA: Anonymous (Langley Research Center): Along with many of my colleagues, I was quite surprised when you canceled the OneNASA initiative along with the statement (to the effect) that its objectives had been satisfied. Reviewing any of the original mission […]

Editor’s note: The following selection is repeated – verbatim – from an ongoing “Ask the Administrator” dialog with Mike Griffin, located on InsideNASA, and can be viewed by anyone at NASA: From: Raymond Sanders (Johnson Space Center) Date: 07-May-2007 Question(s): If I, as a NASA employee in good standing get involved in some emotional, non lethal altercation and arrested by law enforcements agents in Florida, will NASA quickly dispatch my […]

NASA Deputy Administrator’s Blog Jun 25, 2007“I was in Colorado and Arizona on June 17-20. I will write more about my meetings there in my next entry. I have been traveling quite a bit in the past few months and there is no sense that it will slow down any time soon. I think these trips are necessary, talking to people outside the beltway to see what their thoughts are […]