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a budget for a new era of space

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exploration do you have what it takes to

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be an astronaut

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and christina cook reflects on her

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record-setting mission a few of the

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stories to tell you about this week at

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during a february 10th event at our

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stennis space center in mississippi our

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administrator jim bridenstine discussed

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the president's fiscal year 2021 budget

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for nasa which invests more than 25

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billion dollars in the agency this is a

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21st century budget

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worthy of 21st century space exploration

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and one of our strongest budgets in nasa

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history

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one of the noteworthy highlights is the

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more than three billion dollars included

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for a human landing system for our

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artemis program the budget will also

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enable us to carry out history's first

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mars sample return mission develop a

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host of new trailblazing earth

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observation missions continue a wide

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range of cutting-edge aeronautics

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research and more the science and

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technology we are working on right now

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will prepare us

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in this new exploration

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to take humanity's next giant leap to

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mars

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nasa is accepting applications from

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march 2nd to march 31st for the agency's

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next class of artemis generation

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astronauts

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u.s citizens with a master's degree from

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an accredited institution in a science

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technology engineering and mathematics

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related field can apply

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nasa expects to select the new class of

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astronaut candidates in mid-2021 you can

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get more details at nasa.gov

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astronauts

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christina cook discussed her

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record-setting mission aboard the space

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station during a post-flight news

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conference on february 12th at johnson

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space center in houston my main message

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to anyone who has a dream is to follow

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your passions be true to yourself do

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what you love and live the life that

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you've imagined for yourself do the

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things that might feel like they're just

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out of your reach go after that thing

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not only will you maximally impact the

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world but you'll get the most personal

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fulfillment out of it cook's 328-day

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mission aboard the international space

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station is the longest space flight ever

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for a woman

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on february 9 the solar orbiter mission

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launched from cape canaveral air force

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station in florida solar orbiter is a

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european space agency nasa collaboration

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that will provide the first ever images

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of the sun's poles and create a

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one-of-a-kind picture of how the sun can

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affect the space environment throughout

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our solar system

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our mars 2020 rover has arrived at our

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kennedy space center in florida to begin

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final preparations for its launch from

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cape canaveral this july

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after landing in the jezreel crater

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region on mars in february 2021 the

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rover will collect and store rock and

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soil samples search for signs of past

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microbial life and characterize the

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planet's climate and geology to help

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pave the way for human exploration

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that's what's up this week at nasa for

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more on these and other stories follow