NASA astronauts and Expedition 75 crewmates (clockwise from left) Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir speak with U.S. President Donald Trump who visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Aug. 28, 2026. President Donald J. Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to the four‑member Artemis [...]
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team won NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge competition for their project, Composites for Extraterrestrial Recycling By Engineering the Reuse and Upcycling of Zotek (CERBERUZ).Credit: NASA/Savannah Bullard NASA named a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first prize winner for Phase 2 of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which focused on developing solutions for reducing waste during missions to the Moon or deep space by recycling common materials, like fabrics, plastics, foam, and [...]
President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Credit: NASA President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, [...]
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Aug. 28, 2026, to establish the nation’s first U.S. Space Academy at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Credit: NASA To strengthen the nation’s space workforce and develop the next generation of space leaders, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Friday to establish the [...]
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 28 – 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 [...]
These images show the spacer that will be used on NASA’s (SLS) Space Launch System for the Artemis III mission. At NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, technicians are seen lifting the hardware onto the robotic weld tool in preparation to install the forward ring on the bottom of the barrel section. The [...]
These images show the spacer that will be used on NASA’s (SLS) Space Launch System for the Artemis III mission. At NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, technicians are seen lifting the hardware onto the robotic weld tool in preparation to install the forward ring on the bottom of the barrel section. The [...]
Photo of the Day What a sight to behold, when a night sky became filled with colors that appeared to rain over the Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. This image was taken in a single 5 second exposure by the photographer in April 2025. Seeing an aurora is on many people's bucket lists. But it [...]
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot is tethered to the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Aug. 25, 2026, to install a high-speed space-to-ground antenna on the Z1 truss segment above the Unity module.NASA/Anil Menon Preparations are ongoing for a spacewalk next week to continue external maintenance on the International Space Station. The Expedition 75 residents [...]
Credit: NASA Turkey will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 71st country signatory. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır for the ceremony, together with U.S. Department of State officials. This event is in [...]
