Artist’s rendering of the Moon’s South Pole region. Glowing points of light scattered across the lunar surface represent surface assets supporting sustained human and robotic operations near the South Pole.Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 30, to share updates to NASA’s plans to build [...]
NASA/Amber Jean Notvest In this June 21, 2026, photo, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge. After offloading and transportation to the spaceport’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Roman will undergo processing ahead of launch, targeted no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Named [...]
2 Min Read NASA’s HiRISE Captures Perseverance Marking a Milestone on Mars PIA26726 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s HiRISE Captures… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA’s HiRISE Captures Perseverance Marking a Milestone on Mars JPEG (492.31 KB) PIA26726 Figure A PNG (12.89 MB) [...]
6 Min Read Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Roman This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will repeatedly observe during the upcoming years. Credits: [...]
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot assists NASA astronaut Chris Williams as he tries on his spacesuit, testing its comfort and mobility as well as its communications and life support systems ahead of a spacewalk planned for June 30, 2026.NASA The Expedition 74 crew members continued their spacewalk preparations on Wednesday reviewing robotics activities and configuring tools. [...]
5 Min Read Career Spotlight: Electrician (Ages 14-18) What does an electrician do? Electricity powers the world, and electricians are the ones who get it where it needs to go. An electrician is an expert who is trained to make sure electrical systems and equipment are installed safely and working correctly. Electricians are involved [...]
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 4 min read Curiosity Blog, Sols 4927–4933: Let’s Drive to That Smooth Area NASA’s Mars [...]
Official NASA portrait of Sean Gallagher Credit: NASA NASA has selected Sean Gallagher as the agency’s chief information officer (CIO). In this role, he is responsible for the agency’s entire portfolio of Information Technology products and services. Gallagher has been serving in an acting capacity since January and his permanent role is effective immediately. “Sean [...]
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (top) and Chris Williams are pictured during a spacewalk on March 18, 2026, to complete the installation of a solar array modification kit on the International Space Station.NASA/Jack Hathaway Spacewalk preparations filled the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as a pair of astronauts gear up for next week’s [...]
NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program (CSDA) announced contract awards with eight commercial satellite data providers offering a range of data types to support the agency’s Earth science research and application goals. The CSDA program On-Ramp 2 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple-award contract with a maximum cumulative value of $476 [...]
