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NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage

By |2026-04-20T16:31:00-04:00April 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA moved the core stage, or the largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility to the agency’s Pegasus barge in New Orleans on April 20.Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker Following the recent successful test flight of NASA’s Artemis II [...]

NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 34th Resupply Launch to Space Station

By |2026-04-20T14:02:00-04:00April 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft with its nosecone open and carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware as NASA’s SpaceX CRS-33 mission approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. Both spacecraft were flying 259 miles above western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast at the time [...]

NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory  

By |2026-04-20T12:01:00-04:00April 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science Dace Melbārde, second from right, signs the Artemis Accords, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg, left, and chargé d’affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States Jānis Beķeris, right, look on [...]

Wheels Up for X-59

By |2026-04-20T11:57:00-04:00April 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over the Mojave Desert in California in this April 14, 2026, image. The transition to flying with wheels up is a key milestone and an important step in the experimental aircraft’s test campaign. The X-59 has made its highest and fastest flights so far, expanding its operational [...]

NASA’s Hubble Dazzles With Young Stars in Trifid Nebula

By |2026-04-20T10:01:00-04:00April 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Science Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Hubble Dazzles With… Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community [...]

CSDA Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Satellogic NewSat Data

By |2026-04-17T17:21:00-04:00April 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Issued March 9, 2026, the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Satellogic NewSat Radiometric & Geometric Quality Assessment Report documents the evaluation process of the NASA subject matter experts (SMEs) enlisted to analyze the quality of the constellation’s radiometric and geometric data products. NASA/CSDA A new quality assessment report from NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition [...]

Webinar 4/29: NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus- MDA Space

By |2026-04-17T16:33:00-04:00April 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Artistic rendering of the MDA Space CHORUS-C (right), RADARSAT-2 (centre), and CHORUS -X (left) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation constellation in orbit above Earth. NASA/CSDA NASA’s Earth Science Division (ESD) established the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program to explore the potential of commercial satellite data in advancing the agency’s Earth science research [...]

NASA Artemis II Human Research Data Methodology Challenge

By |2026-04-17T14:41:00-04:00April 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

art002e013365 (April 7, 2026) – The Artemis II crew – (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover – pause for a group photo with their zero gravity indicator “Rise,” inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home. Following a swing around the far side [...]

NASA, OPM Announce New NASA Force Website, Open Job Applications 

By |2026-04-17T13:04:00-04:00April 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management opened a new NASA Force website on Friday, April 17, 2026.Credit: NASA NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched the NASA Force website on Friday, opening applications for roles aimed at recruiting the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s air and space program.  NASA Force, a new hiring initiative developed [...]

NASA’s Mobile Launcher Arrives at Vehicle Assembly Building 

By |2026-04-17T11:59:00-04:00April 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s mobile launcher enters the Vehicle Assembly Building following its approximately 4-mile trek from Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, April 17, 2026, in preparation for Artemis III stacking operations. Teams will perform checkouts, inspections, and data analysis, and make repairs to the tower that saw damage during [...]

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