Credit: NASA NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a distant promise, but [...]
Off the coast of California, NASA’s Artemis Landing and Recovery team and the Department of War that will work together to retrieve the Artemis II crew and Orion spacecraft following their return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean are performing a final simulation of their activities, called a just-in-time training, at sea [...]
Predicted 3D structures of the ancestral nitrogenase DDKK complex from oldest to modern. University of Wisconsin-Madison/Holly Rucker NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the process, have validated a chemical biosignature in rocks that is used to understand ancient life on Earth. The research [...]
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NASA’s Johnson Space Center brought the International Space Station’s 25-year legacy to the public on Jan. 24, 2026, during a community day event in Houston. Johnson’s visitor center, Space Center Houston, hosted the celebration commemorating 25 years of continuous human presence in space. For a quarter century, astronauts have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, advancing science, strengthening international [...]
1 Min Read Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Discovered at Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa PIA26546 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Ammonia-Bearing Compounds… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Discovered at Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa PNG (4.09 MB) Description Advanced analysis of decades-old data from NASA’s Galileo [...]
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Varda Space Industries W-5 capsule returned to Earth in Koonibba in South Australia on Jan. 29, 2026, with the protection of a heat shield made of C-PICA, a cutting-edge material licensed from NASA and manufactured by Varda. The capsule’s successful return marks the [...]
1 Min Read Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) PIA25630 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Koji Kuramura/ Gerald Eichstädt (CC BY) Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Europa’s Ice Shell… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) JPEG (2.17 MB) Description This artist’s concept depicts a cutaway view showing Europa’s ice [...]
A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a portion of the Helix Nebula highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a dying star interacting with its surrounding environment. Webb’s image also shows the stark transition between the hottest gas to the coolest gas as the shell [...]
7 Min Read Building Roman NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now assembled following the integration of its two major segments, shown in this time-lapse. Credits: NASA/Sophia Roberts Technicians have completed the construction of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Roman observatory is slated to launch no later than May 2027, with [...]
