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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight

By |2026-04-06T15:46:00-04:00April 6th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

On Monday, April 6, 2026, six days into the Artemis II mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen surpassed the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance from Earth, which was previously set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.Credit: NASA Four astronauts aboard NASA’s [...]

NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview 

By |2026-04-06T15:29:00-04:00April 6th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be the second flight of the Cygnus XL, the larger, more cargo-capable version of the company’s solar-powered spacecraft.  The Cygnus XL will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket [...]

NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions

By |2026-04-04T15:44:00-04:00April 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows on Saturday, April 4, 2026, looking back at Earth, as the crew travel toward the Moon.NASA The first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis program is underway. Four Artemis II astronauts are flying aboard NASA’s Orion [...]

Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers

By |2026-04-03T13:35:00-04:00April 3rd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 Min Read Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers Artemis science officers, from left, Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia stand at the new SCIENCE console in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Josh Valcarcel Business attire, headsets, and multiple computer monitors are a much different [...]

Sendoff for Artemis II Crew

By |2026-03-30T14:18:00-04:00March 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA/Josh Valcarcel From left to right, NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronauts Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen pose for a photo before the Artemis II crew proceed to a media event on March 27, 2026. Douglas and Gibbons are the backup [...]

NASA’s Environment and Energy “Blue Marble” Awards Categories

By |2026-03-27T15:27:00-04:00March 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The famous Blue Marble image taken by Apollo 17 astronauts on their way to the Moon in 1972 Category I: NASA Environmental Quality Award Recognizes excellence in environmental management and planning, including stewardship of natural and cultural resources. This category highlights achievements in compliance, [...]

NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier

By |2026-03-27T14:32:00-04:00March 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier PIA26672 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads PIA26672-NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier JPEG (2.05 MB) Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows [...]

NISAR Views Mount St. Helens

By |2026-03-27T14:29:00-04:00March 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read NISAR Views Mount St. Helens PIA26692 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NISAR Views Mount St. Helens Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NISAR Views Mount St. Helens JPEG (13.62 MB) Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows [...]

NASA Tech and Science Bound for Low Earth Orbit on Commercial Launch

By |2026-03-27T14:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Official insignia of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA Technology and science demonstrations, supported by various NASA industry collaborations and agency developments, are set to launch to low Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the company’s Transporter-16 commercial [...]

NASA Names Scientists to Support Lunar South Pole Science

By |2026-03-27T13:50:00-04:00March 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA has selected 10 participating scientists to help shape a science plan for astronauts to complete on the lunar surface under the Artemis program – including deploying scientific instruments, making critical observations of the landing site, and collecting Moon rocks. “Congratulations to the scientists selected to participate in this important Artemis lunar surface science team,” [...]

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