Annual Report of NESC Technical Activities On behalf of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), I am pleased to provide you with the 2025 NESC Technical Update. This annual report summarizes the technical work, engineering advancements, and knowledge capture efforts we made in FY25. With support provided by members of our NASA community from [...]
Photo of the Day This infrared view of Jupiter by Webb is illuminating. High-resolution infrared images of Jupiter from the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) reveal, for example, differences between high-floating bright clouds -- including the Great Red Spot -- and low-lying dark clouds. Also clearly visible in the featured Webb image are Jupiter's [...]
NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen illuminated by lights at Launch Complex 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA/Keegan Barber Editor’s Note: The timeframe for a wet dress rehearsal has been updated. At 6:42 p.m. EST on Saturday, Jan. 17, NASA’s Artemis II [...]
NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen illuminated by lights at Launch Complex 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA/Keegan Barber Editor’s Note: The timeframe for a wet dress rehearsal has been updated. At 6:42 p.m. EST on Saturday, Jan. 17, NASA’s Artemis II [...]
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew returns to Ellington Field’s Guppy Hangar in Houston on Jan. 16, 2026, from left to right is Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, and Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimya Yui.NASA After 167 days in space, the crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission will [...]
Credit: NASA For the 15th consecutive year, NASA received an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2025 financial statements. The rating is the best possible audit opinion, certifying that NASA’s financial statements conform with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for federal agencies and accurately present the agency’s financial position. “NASA [...]
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission: NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.Credit: NASA NASA is weeks away from sending astronauts farther than any crew has traveled before, with the agency’s second mission in its Artemis campaign. The Artemis II Press Kit now is available [...]
All work platforms are retracted from around NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in preparation for rollout to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA/Kim Shiflett Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at [...]
