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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 [...]

Dragon Splashes Down and Returns Science, Cargo

By |2026-02-27T10:22:00-05:00February 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

Official insignia of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA At 11:44 p.m. PST, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California, marking the return of the company’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Loaded with thousands of pounds of crew supplies, science experiments, and [...]

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 [...]

Science-Packed Dragon Departs Station, Heads for Splashdown

By |2026-02-26T12:12:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Dragon (center) backs away from the International Space Station after undocking from the Harmony module’s forward port.NASA+ At 12:05 p.m. EST, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module following a command from ground controllers at SpaceX. After re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft is [...]

Cargo-Filled Dragon Departs Station Soon on NASA+

By |2026-02-26T11:47:00-05:00February 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking on Aug. 25, 2025.NASA NASA’s live coverage of undocking and departure of the agency’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Services mission is underway on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a [...]

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 [...]

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