As an IT security administrator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mechele Elliott protects the information systems that support astronaut health and mission readiness. The encouragement of a family friend set her on this path, leading to a rewarding and somewhat unexpected career in human spaceflight. Mechele Elliott stands in front of a space [...]
Photo of the Day The steerable 60 foot diameter dish antenna of the One-Mile Telescope at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, UK, is pointing skyward in this evocative night-skyscape. To capture the dramatic scene, consecutive 30 second exposures were recorded over a period of 90 minutes. Combined, the exposures reveal a background of gracefully [...]
Sept. 13, 2025: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are docked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, the SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft, the Soyuz MS-27 crew ship, and the Progress 92 and 93 resupply ships.NASA The unpiloted Progress 93 spacecraft arrived at aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda module [...]
The Progress 92 cargo craft, on July 5, 2025, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the orbital outpost’s Poisk module.NASA NASA’s live coverage of rendezvous and docking is now underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The [...]
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Credit: NASA NASA has selected Troy Sierra JV, LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide engineering, research, and scientific support at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Test Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering Services III contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of approximately $388.3 million. The performance period [...]
5 Min Read NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen at dawn with firetrucks and safety personnel nearby during a hydrazine safety check at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on Aug. 18, 2025. The operation highlights the extensive precautions built [...]
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Researchers in the Verification and Validation Lab at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley monitor a simulated drone’s flight path during a test of the FUSE demonstration.NASA/Brandon Torres Navarrete Through an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the Department of War are working to [...]
The warm city lights of Southeast Asia streak below the International Space Station as it soars 259 miles above China in this 30-second exposure. Near the top center, is the partially obscured SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the Harmony module’s forward port.NASA One cargo spacecraft is orbiting Earth toward the International Space Station while [...]
Photo of the Day September's total lunar eclipse is tracked across night skies from both the northern and southern hemispheres of planet Earth in these two dramatic timelapse series. In the northern hemisphere sequence (top panel) the Moon’s trail arcs from the upper left to the lower right. It passes below bright planet Saturn, [...]
