Astronomical News

20 October 2019

• NASA to Provide Coverage of Key Events at 70th International Astronautical Congress
  NASA will provide live coverage on NASA Television of key events at the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which takes place Oct. 21-25 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in...
• In-Space News Conference to Review First All-Woman Spacewalk
  NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will participate in a news conference from orbit at noon EDT, Monday, Oct. 21, following their Friday spacewalk – the first to be conducted by two...
• NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration
  NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies of Sciences,...
• NASA to Televise First All-Female Spacewalk, Host Media Teleconference
  On the first ever all-female spacewalk, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will venture outside the International Space Station about 7:50 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 18, to replace faulty...