January 2026

Johnson Space Center
Artemis
Artemis 2
General
Four astronauts will soon travel beyond low Earth orbit and fly around the Moon on Artemis II, a mission that will test NASA’s systems and hardware for human exploration of deep space.  Since June 2023, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen have been preparing for their 
Posted January 30, 2026
Deep Space Network
Deep Space Station 15, one of the 112-foot antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the stars of the Milky Way overhead, in September 2025.
Posted January 30, 2026
Artemis 2
Christina H. Koch
G. Reid Wiseman
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Victor J. Glover
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 on […]
Posted January 30, 2026
Description The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing satellite’s L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument captured this image of the Mississippi River Delta region in southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 29, 2025.
Posted January 30, 2026
Astrobiology
Uncategorized
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.
Posted January 30, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Lenticular Galaxies
The Universe
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features an uncommon galaxy with a striking appearance. NGC 7722 is a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. A lenticular, meaning “lens-shaped,” galaxy is a type whose classification sits between more familiar spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies.
Posted January 30, 2026
Climate Modeling
Earth Observatory
Earth Visualization & Mapping
Extreme Temperatures
Goddard Space Flight Center
Following a significant winter storm, frigid temperatures lingered in late January 2026 across a vast swath of the U.S.
Posted January 30, 2026
Johnson Space Center
International Space Station (ISS)
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.
Posted January 30, 2026
Description Advanced analysis of decades-old data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft identifies ammonia-bearing compounds discovered on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, as shown in this composite image.
Posted January 30, 2026
Photojournal
Description This graph shows the rise in global mean sea level from 1993 to 2025 based on data from a series of five international satellites. The solid red line indicates the trajectory of this increase, which has more than doubled over the three decades. The dotted red line projects future sea level rise. A NASA analysis […]
Posted January 30, 2026
Sign up for our newsletter:

Categories

29
8
6
1
4
10
1
22
4
129
1
Io
4
4
2
1
2
5
5
14
1
40
2
87
1
10
17
52
3
1
10
12
1
11
10
6
1
3
202
1
1
1
3
6
3
11
1
1
2
1
1
18
5
2
1
36
5
586
28
9
3
4
2
4
1
319
6
1
6
1
42
1
287
2
1
222
183
3
1
2
132

Recent Posts

Newsletter Archive