Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen stand in the white room on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated ground systems test at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on [...]
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft awaits its capture by the International Space Stations’ Canadarm2 robotic arm, commanded by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick on Aug. 6, 2024.Credit: NASA NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23, or Northrop Grumman CRS-23, will deliver more than 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission [...]
The Progress 93 cargo craft launches on time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to resupply the Expedition 73 crew aboard the orbital outpost.NASA+ The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 93 spacecraft is safely in orbit, headed for the International Space Station following its launch at 11:54 a.m. EDT [...]
The Progress 91 cargo craft lifts off on Feb. 27, 2025, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.NASA+ NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The unpiloted Progress 93 spacecraft is scheduled to [...]
1 min read Near-Earth Asteroids as of September 2025 Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely facts about comets and asteroids that could pose an impact hazard with Earth. Here is what we’ve [...]
4 Min Read NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course NASA has certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters, marking a key milestone in crew training for Artemis missions to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA explore the lunar South Pole, paving the way for human exploration farther into the [...]
Explore This SectionEarthEarth ObserverEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamAnnouncementsMoreArchivesConference SchedulesStyle Guide 13 min read The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: July–September 2025 NOTE TO READERS: After more than three decades associated with or directly employed by NASA, Steve Platnick [GSFC—Deputy Director for Atmospheres, Earth Sciences Division] stepped down effective August 8, 2025. Steve began [...]
Explore This SectionEarthEarth ObserverEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamAnnouncementsMoreArchivesConference SchedulesStyle Guide 21 min read Summary of the 11th ABoVE Science Team Meeting Introduction The NASA Arctic–Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) is a large-scale ecological study in the northern regions of North America (Alaska and western Canada) that was developed to understand environmental changes in [...]
Artemis; CM5; crew module
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke inserts a cryogenic storage unit containing research samples into a science freezer for preservation and later analysis. The Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for International Space Station, or MELFI, is a research freezer that maintains experiment samples at ultra-cold temperatures in microgravity.NASA Scientific operations filled the day for the Expedition 73 crew [...]
