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NASA Receives 7 Nominations for the 30th Annual Webby Awards

By |2026-04-14T16:26:00-04:00April 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA/Keegan Barber Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media and other online [...]

2025-2026 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners

By |2026-04-14T14:44:00-04:00April 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) 2025-2026 Dream with Us Winners Congratulation to our 2025-2026 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners! We are pleased to share this year’s winning projects:  Middle School 1st Place: Scout Farm (Varenya D., Aashritha P., and Alvitha P., NJ) 2nd Place: AgriTech (Charlotte W. and Richard F., [...]

Expedition 74 Opens Cygnus XL and Unpacks Advanced Science Gear

By |2026-04-14T13:04:00-04:00April 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

The Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science experiments, lab hardware, and crew supplies, is pictured moments before its capture with the Canadarm2 robotic arm.NASA The hatches are open between Northrop Grumman’s second Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft and the International Space Station following its robotic capture and installation on Monday. The [...]

A Hug for Home Away from Home

By |2026-04-14T11:49:00-04:00April 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026.NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, [...]

NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars

By |2026-04-14T10:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NASA’s Webb Redefines… Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Webb Timeline Science Overview and Goals Early Universe [...]

Nutrition Research Arrives Aboard Space Station

By |2026-04-14T10:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read Nutrition Research Arrives Aboard Space Station NASA astronaut Jessica Meir dines on fresh Mizuna mustard greens she harvested earlier that day aboard the International Space Station. Credits: NASA No matter how far humanity aims to travel or how ambitious the mission, nutrition will play a key role for the crew members [...]

NASA Invites Media to Rollout Event for Artemis III Moon Rocket Stage

By |2026-04-13T17:34:00-04:00April 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Pictured above is the top four-fifths of the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage – the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, and forward skirt. NASA will roll the largest section of the agency’s SLS rocket that will launch the second crewed Artemis mission under the Artemis III mission out of [...]

NASA Announces 32nd Annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners

By |2026-04-13T17:23:00-04:00April 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s 32nd annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge, one of the agency’s longest-standing student challenges, culminated April 10-11 with its final excursion event at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Spanning nine months, the challenge tasks student teams from around the world to design, build, and [...]

NASA Awards Data Engineering, Informatics Support Contract

By |2026-04-13T16:58:00-04:00April 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has selected Development Seed of Washington to provide research and development services to the Office of Data Science and Informatics (ODSI) at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The award is a performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of $76 million. A phase-in period begins on May [...]

Canadarm2 Installs Cygnus XL Cargo Craft to Unity Module

By |2026-04-13T16:31:00-04:00April 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

April 13, 2026: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL, the Soyuz MS-28 crew ship, and the Progress 93 and 94 resupply ships.NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft has been installed to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port of the International Space [...]

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