2 Min Read Supporting Artemis II From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility PIA26741 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Supporting Artemis II From… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Supporting Artemis II From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility JPEG (63.68 MB) Description The Artemis II mission patch appears [...]
Astronauts (from left) Chris Williams, Sophie Adenot, and Jessica Meir, who is wearing a portable breathing apparatus for testing purposes, pose for a portrait aboard the International Space Station.ESA/Sophie Adenot A packed schedule filled with numerous science objectives and critical lab maintenance tasks greeted the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. [...]
(April 7, 2026) – The Artemis II crew – (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover – take time out for a group hug inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home. Following a swing around the far side of the Moon on April [...]
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictiured moments before its capture with the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm on Sept. 18, 2025.NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 7:41 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 11, for the next [...]
3 Min Read Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission operations in lunar orbit as part of the agency’s Artemis II mission, helping ensure astronaut safety and mission success as the crew prepares to return to [...]
NASA The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. During lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts observed a solar eclipse that only they could see due to their unique position. See more photos [...]
(April 7, 2026) – The Artemis II crew – (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover – pause for a group photo with their zero gravity indicator “Rise,” inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home. Following a swing around the far side of [...]
3 Min Read Celestial Wonders in Leo Showing a large portion of M66, this Hubble photo is a composite of images obtained at visible and infrared wavelengths. The images have been combined to represent the real colors of the galaxy. Credits: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin and [...]
A live view shows the Orion spacecraft and its solar arrays as the Artemis II crew completed the mission’s first return correction burn on Flight Day 7. At 8:03 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, ignited its thrusters for 15 seconds, producing a change in velocity of 1.6 feet-per-second and guiding the Artemis II crew toward Earth. NASA astronaut Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy [...]
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, has a storied history of spaceflight and aeronautics research. Today, the center carries on the traditions of Neil Armstrong, and others, by supporting NASA's return to the Moon with Artemis Il and follow on space missions.
