Astronomical News

24 July 2019

• Commercial Space Ride Secured for NASA’s New Air Pollution Sensor
  NASA has secured a host satellite provider and ride into space for an instrument that will dramatically advance our understanding of air quality over North America.
• NASA Administrator Remembers Mission Control Pioneer Chris Kraft
  Statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of Chris Kraft, who died Monday in Houston at the age of 95.
• Eagle Scouts to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
  Fifty years after NASA astronaut and Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong sent greetings from space to the 1969 Scout Jamboree, scouts will have an opportunity to talk live with an astronaut aboard the...
• NASA Astronaut Andrew Morgan, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station on 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing
  Fifty years to the day that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the Moon in a giant leap for humanity, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and two fellow crew members arrived Saturday for...