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ESA/Sophie Adenot Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on May 17, 2026. The orbital outpost was soaring 259 miles [...]

By |2026-06-02T12:06:00-04:00June 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base      

Technicians prepare the Divergent Deployable Wastewater Treatment Facility, designed to turn crew wastewater into useful resources, for transport at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. NASA/Kim Shiflett A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for long-duration missions on the Moon [...]

By |2026-06-02T10:31:00-04:00June 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Be a Clump Scout and Help Reveal Secrets of Stellar Nurseries

Explore This Section Science Citizen Science Be a Clump Scout and Help… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science Science Activation Opportunities   In the mid-20th century, astronomers discovered strange “clumpy” galaxies filled with mysterious bright blobs – massive stellar nurseries where stars are born at [...]

By |2026-06-02T09:19:00-04:00June 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead

6 Min Read Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead Scott Wray conducts an underwater test of NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) spacesuit in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Bill Brassard Scott Wray’s experience with spacewalks started when he was about 6 years old. A tent [...]

By |2026-06-02T05:00:00-04:00June 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and Johnson Space Center in Houston. The award is a firm-fixed-price contract and [...]

By |2026-06-01T19:45:00-04:00June 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope stands complete in the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. With its deep, sweeping views of the universe, Roman will observe billions of cosmic objects to explore fundamental questions about dark energy and planets outside our solar system.Credit: NASA/Scott Wiessinger Registration is [...]

By |2026-06-01T17:22:00-04:00June 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston 

NASA’s C-20A research aircraft takes off from the Edwards Air Force Base runway on an envelope-expansion flight test with the unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar pod. NASA/Tony Landis Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, [...]

By |2026-06-01T14:29:00-04:00June 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network Venus and Jupiter meet after sunset, the Moon passes in front of Venus, summer begins, and deep-sky treasures rise into view. Skywatching Highlights June 9: Venus and Jupiter conjunction June 11–15: Mercury joins Venus [...]

By |2026-06-01T14:13:00-04:00June 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Stem Cell Research for Cancer, Spacesuit Work Kick Off June

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir nourishes stem cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox to help researchers learn how to manufacture space‑designed therapies to treat cancer and blood disorders.NASA/Chris Williams The Expedition 74 crew kicked off June with a busy schedule of microgravity research harvesting stem cells, installing physics hardware, and watering plants [...]

By |2026-06-01T11:58:00-04:00June 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|
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