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NASA astronaut Mike Fincke retired after 30 years, including four spaceflights, 549 days in space, and nine spacewalks. His career spanned Soyuz, space shuttle, and SpaceX missions, shaping NASA’s Commercial Crew...
Lindsey Waitt, inspired by astronauts in her youth, has joined NASA’s Artemis launch team as a test project engineer, fulfilling her lifelong dream of working for the agency.
NASA’s CSDA program released a quality assessment report on the Polar Geospatial Center’s EarthDEM elevation products, evaluating their accuracy for Earth science research.
On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will traverse the Northern Hemisphere, with totality visible in western Iceland and northern Spain. The event follows a narrow path across the Arctic, Greenland, and the North...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching Aug. 30, 2026, will study dark energy, exoplanets, and dark matter from a stable orbit 930,000 miles from Earth.
NASA completed the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS), a deployable seismometer package for Artemis astronauts to place near the lunar South Pole, marking a step toward sustained lunar science.
NASA telescopes combine data to reveal new details about the Tarantula Nebula, showing how energy from young stars escapes and cools the region.
NASA outlined plans for a sustainable Moon Base at the lunar South Pole during a July 30 event, emphasizing collaboration and step-by-step development to overcome extreme environmental challenges.
NASA highlights ongoing International Space Station research in 2026 to support future Moon and Mars missions, including crew health, medical technology, robotics, and spacecraft systems.
NASA announced its programming will be available on discovery+ and HBO Max, expanding access to live feeds and special events such as the Artemis III mission in 2027, with enhanced Dolby Vision streaming options.
NASA’s Lunar Development and Test Facility at Johnson Space Center is testing Artemis hardware to address challenges posed by abrasive lunar dust before astronauts return to the Moon.
NASA’s Rubin Observatory has released a deep-sky image of over half a million galaxies in the COSMOS field, offering new insights into galactic evolution and cosmic structure.
NASA’s PREFIRE mission has released two-year animations showing seasonal temperature shifts at Earth’s poles, revealing how infrared heat loss differs between the Arctic and Antarctic.
NASA-funded TEMPO-Lab, a free online tool, was introduced to educators in July 2026 to help teens investigate local air quality using real-time NASA data, supporting community-focused research and action.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is developing three SkyFall Mars helicopters, set to launch in late 2028, to expand aerial exploration capabilities on the Red Planet.
NASA’s SkyFall mission will test ground-penetrating radar using three aircraft, building on the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s legacy to support future Mars exploration.
NASA imagery shows how tidal shifts reshape the Elbe River’s mouth in Germany, impacting shipping, ecosystems, and flood risks along a critical European waterway.
NASA’s IXPE mission may have confirmed a 90-year-old quantum theory by detecting vacuum birefringence in observations of magnetar 1E 1547-5408.
NASA technicians integrated the Orion crew and service modules for Artemis III on July 30, 2026, at Kennedy Space Center. The crew module will transport four astronauts, while the service module provides propulsion and...
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the first ground-based images of Earth vanishing behind Mars’ moon Phobos, taken on July 2 during a rare occultation.
NASA-supported mini-laboratories on the International Space Station automate research, reducing crew time while enabling studies in drug development, materials science, and biology.
NASA and SpaceX are tracking a Falcon 9 upper stage set to impact the Moon on August 5, with no risk to Earth. Scientists plan to observe the event to study lunar geology and refine space debris tracking methods.
NASA’s PUNCH mission demonstrated a 30-minute accuracy in predicting solar storm arrivals during its first test, improving current forecasts tenfold.
NASA outlines progress on commercial lunar landers for Moon Base logistics, including Blue Origin’s MK1, Firefly’s Blue Ghost, Intuitive Machines’ IM-3, and Voyager’s Griffin-1, alongside Northrop Grumman’s technology...
NASA installed a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, honoring its namesake and including over 1.3 million submitted names, ahead of its planned August 30, 2026 launch.
Louisiana university and high school teams launched 11 student-built payloads to the edge of space from NASA’s balloon facility in Texas as part of the LaACES program, gaining hands-on aerospace experience and...
NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini navigation payload to Intuitive Machines for integration into the Altus-1 lunar relay satellite, enabling GPS-based navigation at lunar distances for future Moon missions.
NASA’s Ike Theriot prepares astronauts for lunar surface operations through testing, training, and mission development for the Artemis program.
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day featured a rare circumhorizon arc, or 'fire rainbow,' captured over West Virginia in 2021, explaining the atmospheric conditions required for its formation.
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day featured a circumhorizon arc, or “fire rainbow,” photographed over West Virginia in 2021, explaining the rare atmospheric optics phenomenon.