The X-59’s tail and jet engine feature a new marking — a Freedom 250 logo celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026.NASA/Carla Thomas NASA’s X-59 is helping the nation celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence with an update to its livery – its official paint job and insignia. The one-of-a-kind research aircraft is the [...]
A photograph shows the exterior of NASA’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Kim Shiflett Preparations are underway for launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as soon as early September on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s [...]
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States Dina Kawar, center, signs the Artemis Accords alongside NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and U.S. Department of State Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Ruth Perry, right, on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson [...]
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is photographed in the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The observatory is on track for delivery to the launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June and launch as soon as early September.NASA/Scott Wiessinger NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman [...]
Continuing NASA’s longtime support of American industry, the agency announced its selection of more than 30 companies to develop innovative technology through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. With these awards, NASA is investing approximately $16.3 million in seed funding of technology solutions to benefit the agency [...]
On March 21, 2026, NASA’s Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche took the stage at the Space House event at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, to outline NASA’s next giant leap in human spaceflight — from low Earth orbit to the Moon, and ultimately Mars. As NASA prepares for a new era of exploration, Wyche made clear that the agency’s Artemis [...]
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Mark Johnson, left, interim CEO of UNOS, and John Koelling, director of the Aeronautics Research Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center, shake hands during a signing ceremony marking an agreement to study drone transport for organs.Photo courtesy of UNOS Every second counts in the [...]
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander, left; Christina Koch, mission specialist; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot, right, pose for a group photo after viewing the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of the [...]
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA was recognized today by the 30th Annual Webby Awards with two Webby Awards and five Webby People’s Voice Awards, the latter of which are awarded by the voting public. Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet, The Webbys now honors excellence in 8 major media types: [...]
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft with its nosecone open and carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware as NASA’s SpaceX CRS-33 mission approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. Both spacecraft were flying 259 miles above western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast at the time [...]
