Astronomical News

01 March 2021

• Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronaut Victor Glover
  In celebration of Black History Month, NASA astronaut Victor Glover welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris to the International Space Station for a virtual chat.
• NASA Celebrates ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson With Building Naming Ceremony
  On Friday, NASA celebrated the agency’s first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson, with a ceremony to formally name the agency’s headquarters building in Washington in her honor.
• NASA Awards Launch Service Contract for TROPICS Mission to Study Storm Processes
  NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS)...
• NASA to Honor ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson During Headquarters Naming Ceremony
  Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk will lead a ceremony at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 26, officially naming the NASA Headquarters building in Washington in honor of Mary W. Jackson