3 Min Read NASA Seeks Industry Input on Next Phase of Commercial Space Stations The aurora australis appears over the Earth in this photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia. Credits: NASA NASA is requesting feedback from American companies on the next [...]
A view inside the sandbox portion of the Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA Four research volunteers will soon participate in NASA’s year-long simulation of a Mars mission inside a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This mission will [...]
The International Space Station’s 57.7-foot-long robotic arm, Canadarm2, with its fine-tuned robotic hand, Dextre, attached is pictured extending from the Harmony module. The orbital outpost was soaring 260 miles above the Saharan Desert in Libya at the time of this photograph.NASA Space-based production of human tissues and preventing space-caused head and eye pressure were the [...]
NASA/Rad Sinyak Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team member works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. As NASA’s Orion spacecraft is carrying crew around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, a team of [...]
The Roscosmos Progress 92 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 5, 2025, for an automated docking to the orbital complex’s Poisk module.Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the [...]
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter departs the International Space Station on March 28, 2025, after being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm completing a seven-and-a-half-month cargo mission attached to the Unity module.NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are accelerating the next commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station to maximize launch opportunities following an [...]
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NASA astronaut Mike Fincke works out on the International Space Station’s advanced resistive exercise device that mimics free wights in Earth’s gravity and has the capability to work out all major muscle groups.NASA Exercise research and space physics took precedence aboard the International Space Station while a pair of Expedition 73 crew members enjoyed an [...]
This competition provides a hands-on opportunity for participants to gain critical skills in engineering, computing, electronics, and more that will be required for America’s technical workforce. If you are in sixth to 12th-grade at a U.S. public, private, or charter school – including those in U.S. territories – your challenge is to team up [...]
