Artemis III crewmembers NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, commander; Frank Rubio, mission specialist; European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, mission specialist, and Bob Hines, backup crewmember, visit the Starship launch tower at Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus) [...]
Photo of the Day Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola, is the Hawaiian name given to this image of a pair of spiral galaxies locked in a mutual gravitational embrace. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the high flying constellation Pegasus their spectacular, galactic scale merger is captured in sharp detail in [...]
Artemis III crewmembers European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, commander; Frank Rubio, mission specialist; and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen in the Starship launch tower elevator at Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus) [...]
Artemis III crewmembers NASA astronauts Bob Hines, backup crewmember; Andre Douglas, mission specialist; European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist; and Randy Bresnik, commander, pose for a photograph at the top of the Starship launch tower at Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]
In April 2026, we flew humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years during the Artemis II mission. But this mission was only the beginning. Soon after, the crew of Artemis III was announced: NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano. Their [...]
Photo of the Day How do animals react to a total solar eclipse? The featured image shows a stork roosting on her nest in Poland at a partial phase of the recent total solar eclipse. If you are lucky enough to experience a total eclipse somewhere quiet and close to nature, you may be [...]
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The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission – NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen – visited the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. During an employee all-hands event, the crew reflected on their journey around the Moon, thanked [...]
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Photo of the Day If not the most grand, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. An island universe of about 100 billion stars, 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces, M74 presents a gorgeous face-on view. Classified as an Sc galaxy, the grand design of M74's graceful [...]
