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NASA Troubleshooting Artemis II Rocket Upper Stage Issue, Preparing to Roll Back

By |2026-02-21T10:32:00-05:00February 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft stand vertical on mobile launcher 1 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission [...]

Artemis II Crew Enters Quarantine Ahead of March Launch Opportunity

By |2026-02-20T18:04:00-05:00February 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

The Artemis II crew, pictured with their training team, completes their final simulation ahead of quarantine.NASA NASA is targeting no earlier than Friday, March 6, for the launch of Artemis II, pending completion of required work at the launch pad, analysis of test data, and the outcome of a Flight Readiness Review in the coming [...]

NASA Is Helping Bring Giant Tortoises Back to the Galápagos

By |2026-02-20T15:00:00-05:00February 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and Ice The Global Ocean Science at Work Earth Science at Work Technology and Innovation Powering Business Multimedia Image Collections Videos Data For Researchers About Us 5 Min Read NASA Is Helping Bring Giant Tortoises [...]

Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38

By |2026-02-20T09:50:00-05:00February 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Brendan Finnegan NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38 training flight from Ellington Field on Feb. 11, 2026, as a waning crescent Moon hovers above. Koch and Hansen, along with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, are part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first [...]

NASA Begins Artemis II Launch Pad Ops After Successful Fuel Test 

By |2026-02-19T23:23:00-05:00February 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft stand vertical on mobile launcher 1 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission [...]

NASA Investigates How People Respond to Air Taxi Noise

By |2026-02-19T15:54:00-05:00February 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept shows several advanced air mobility aircraft concepts staged for a medical transport. NASA’s recent aircraft noise study included sounds from multiple types of advanced air mobility concept aircraft.NASA/Lillian Gipson New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds [...]

NASA Releases Report on Starliner Crewed Flight Test Investigation

By |2026-02-19T14:06:00-05:00February 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on July 3, 2024. This view is from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the port adjacent to the Starliner.Credit: NASA At a news [...]

NASA to Provide Starliner Crew Flight Test Review Findings Today

By |2026-02-19T12:09:00-05:00February 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Credit: NASA During a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday NASA will discuss the findings of investigations into the 2024 crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station. The news conference will stream live on NASA’s YouTube channel. An instant replay will be available online. NASA participants include: Administrator Jared [...]

Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible

By |2026-02-19T11:31:00-05:00February 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible A shock wave interacting with a thin layer of fluid at Mach 10 in a wind tunnel, as captured by the Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren (SAFS) system invented in 2020 by researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Compared to conventional [...]

Crystals Grown in Space

By |2026-02-19T11:12:00-05:00February 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Redwire This June 5, 2024, image shows lysozyme crystals aboard the International Space Station. Lysozyme is a protein found in bodily fluids like tears, saliva, and milk, and is used as a control compound to demonstrate well-formed crystals. Lysozyme plays a vital role in innate immunity, protecting against bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The crystals were grown [...]

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