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NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission

By |2026-02-27T11:46:00-05:00February 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft taxis at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, ahead of a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx), which requires flights of up to eight hours at approximately 65,000 feet altitude. Credits: NASA/Christopher [...]

NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture  

By |2026-02-27T10:37:00-05:00February 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Once complete, the SLS rocket will [...]

Teams Begin Artemis II Repairs in Vehicle Assembly Building

By |2026-02-26T16:50:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Once NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Feb. 25, technicians immediately began addressing why the flow of helium to the SLS upper stage was interrupted as engineers were reconfiguring the rocket following a successful wet dress rehearsal on Feb. 21. To make the [...]

JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward

By |2026-02-26T15:23:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward PIA26706 Credits: Proteus Space Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads PIA26706 Figure A JPEG (82.95 KB) PIA26706 Animation MOV (3.33 MB) Description With a simple motion, a jack-in-the-box-like spring designed at NASA’s [...]

Landsat 9: More Than Just A Picture

By |2026-02-26T12:47:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Landsat Navigation Landsat Home Missions Landsat Next Landsat 9 Landsat 8 Landsat 7 Landsat 6 Landsat 5 Landsat 4 Landsat 3 Landsat 2 Landsat 1 News Latest News People of Landsat Q&As Newsletter Publications Data Overview Cal/Val Open Data Benefits Overview Agriculture & Food Security Disaster Management Ecosystems & Biodiversity Energy Resources Forest Management [...]

Inside Project Hail Mary

By |2026-02-26T12:19:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA/Dan Goods NASA astronaut and deputy director of the Flight Operations Directorate Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with panelists and the audience at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 25, 2026. Actors Ryan Gosling and Sandra Huller, screenwriter Drew Goddard, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and producer and writer of the “Project Hail [...]

NASA Invites Media to Discuss Next Steps for Artemis Campaign

By |2026-02-26T11:07:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Once complete, the SLS rocket will roll back to Launch Complex 39B to prepare to launch four [...]

NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars

By |2026-02-26T10:24:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 Min Read NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars An artist’s concept shows the two ESCAPADE spacecraft at Mars. The ESCAPADE mission is the first to coordinate two spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth. Credits: James Rattray/Rocket Lab USA Mars is not what it used to [...]

NASA Names Acting Leaders for Two Key Human Spaceflight Roles

By |2026-02-26T10:08:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Joel Montalbano, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate NASA On Thursday, NASA announced Joel Montalbano will serve as the acting associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, and Dana Hutcherson will serve as the acting program manager of the Commercial Crew Program.  SOMD’s programs and activities include the Commercial [...]

NASA Artemis II Rocket Returns for Repairs 

By |2026-02-25T20:50:00-05:00February 25th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage.NASA/Cory Huston The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission arrived at the Vehicle Assembly [...]

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