NASA’s crawler-transporter carries the powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the Artemis II mission on Jan. 17, 2026.Credit: NASA/Brandon Hancock Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and [...]
As a member of the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, Aaron Rose supports critical cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station. In this role, he works with payload developers to safely transport temperature-controlled science experiments to and from station with portable coolers, freezers, and refrigerators. For the full flight cycle, Rose and his team members ensure all cold stowage hardware, operations, and personnel are coordinated to [...]
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video After growing through the fall and winter, sea ice in the Arctic reached its annual maximum extent on March 15, 2026, peaking at coverage area of 5.52 million square miles (14.29 million square kilometers). Trent Schindler/NASA’s [...]
X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE:NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, seen here in an image released on March 24, 2026. This observation helps fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have seen. The full [...]
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Los miembros de la tripulación de Artemis II —el astronauta de la CSA (Agencia Espacial Canadiense) Jeremy Hansen y los astronautas de la NASA Christina Koch, Victor Glover y Reid Wiseman— salen de los alojamientos de la tripulación de astronautas, situados en el Edificio de Operaciones y Comprobación Neil Armstrong, y se dirigen a los [...]
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Los miembros de la tripulación de Artemis II —el astronauta de la CSA (Agencia Espacial Canadiense) Jeremy Hansen y los astronautas de la NASA Christina Koch, Victor Glover y Reid Wiseman— salen de los aposentos de la tripulación, situados en el Edificio de Operaciones y Comprobación Neil Armstrong, y se dirigen a los vehículos de [...]
NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley invites media to interview local subject matter experts on Friday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ahead of the agency sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years with the Artemis II flight test. NASA teams are gearing up [...]
Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman walk out of Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Artemis crew transportation vehicles prior to traveling to Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated [...]
