NASA astronaut Christina Koch is seen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Credit: NASA/John Kraus As part of NASA’s ongoing Inspiration Tour, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will highlight America’s strengths in space exploration and [...]
5 Min Read Heading Home: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Concludes Station Science Mission NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will head home from the International Space Station [...]
An engineering model of NASA’s DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) descent probe passed a key test that ran from Aug. 28 to Sept. 10, showing it can survive the extreme temperatures of Venus.NASA/Mike Guinto The engineering development unit for NASA’s DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, [...]
The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station. Clockwise from left, are crewmates Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev.NASA/Anil Menon The Expedition 75 crew slept in Friday and spent the rest of the day relaxing following the [...]
El equipo de control de vuelo de Artemis II, en la Sala Blanca de Control de Vuelo del centro de control de misiones del Centro Espacial Johnson de la NASA, en Houston, el 10 de abril de 2026, durante el amerizaje y la recuperación de la misión Artemis II. Crédito: NASA/Robert Markowitz Lee esta nota [...]
6 Min Read NASA Campaign Explores Clouds Spawned by Wildfires The Wildhorse grass fire in eastern Idaho erupted with a massive pulse of smoke. No one had expected it, but the wildfire had launched what’s known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, or pyroCb. It was an elusive weather phenomenon that scientists on NASA’s INSPYRE (INjected [...]
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Left: The Benchmark Supercritical Wing not illuminated in unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint inside the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Right: The Benchmark Supercritical Wing illuminated in unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint during testing inside the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research [...]
The Artemis II flight control team is pictured in the White Flight Control Room in mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 10, 2026, for the splashdown and recovery of the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA is seeking leaders for one of the most esteemed positions on Earth for [...]
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 2 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The [...]
Oct. 1, 2026: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are attached to the space station including the SpaceX Crew-12 and Crew-13 Dragons, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL, the Soyuz MS-29 crew spacecraft, and the Progress 95 and 96 resupply ships.NASA NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos [...]
