Veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson enters the International Space Station on May 22, 2023, when she last visited the orbital outpost as commander of Axiom Mission 2, the second private mission from Axiom Space.NASA Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) has been given the “go” to launch at 2:31 a.m. EDT on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center [...]
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024.NASA/Josh Valcarcel NASA astronaut Zena Cardman [link to her bio] inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror in this portrait taken at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on March 22, 2024. Cardman will launch to the [...]
Photo of the Day Is there a spiral galaxy in the center of this spiral galaxy? Sort of. Image data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory, and smaller telescopes on planet Earth are combined in this detailed portrait of face-on spiral galaxy Messier 61 (M61) and its bright center. A mere [...]
June 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has paused observations due to a problem with one of the motors that drives its ability to track cosmic objects. The NICER team paused operations June 17 when performance degradation in the motor began affecting science observations. [...]
Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants. The San Joaquin Valley has some of the most polluted air in the country, and NASA scientists with the new Ozone Where We Live (OWWL) project are working to measure [...]
The official crew portrait of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. From left are, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Commander Peggy Whitson from the U.S., and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uzanański-Wiśniewksi from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.Axiom Space NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, [...]
Astronaut Nichole Ayers works inside the Destiny laboratory module swapping syringes containing protein samples and installing test cells inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox for a pharmaceutical study.NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI A pharmaceutical study, Earth observations, and vision checks kicked off Monday’s research schedule aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 73 crew also worked [...]
NASA/Kevin O’Brien Demonstration Motor-1 (DM-1) is the first full-scale ground test of the evolved five-segment solid rocket motor of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The event will take place in Promontory, Utah, and will be used as an opportunity to test several upgrades made from the current solid rocket boosters. Each booster burns six [...]
Explore This Section Science Artemis Mission Accomplished! Artemis… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 5 min read Mission Accomplished! Artemis ROADS III National Challenge Competitors Celebrate their Achievements The NASA Science Activation program’s Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pathways (NESSP) team has successfully concluded [...]
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Drag your mouse or move your phone to pan around within this 360-degree view to explore the boxwork patterns on Mars that NASA’s Curiosity is investigating for the first time. The rover captured the 291 images that make up this mosaic between May 15 [...]
