February 2026

Johnson Space Center
General
People of Johnson
Safety and quality management are integral to every program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and across the entire agency.
Posted February 23, 2026
Earth Observatory
Extreme Weather Events
Floods
Hurricanes & Typhoons
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Widespread flooding affected tens of thousands of people after cyclones Fytia and Gezani drenched the island.
Posted February 18, 2026
Blogs
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Curiosity Deputy Project Scientist Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 Curiosity spent this week at Gale crater completing the last few activities associated with the “Nevado Sajama 2” drill before kicking off our final phase of the boxwork exploration campaign.
Posted February 18, 2026
On February 5, 2026, the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image of snow-covered landscapes across Hokkaido. With more than 31 active volcanoes, the island features several large caldera lakes, including at least five that are visible in the image.
Posted February 17, 2026
Ames Research Center
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Air Traffic Solutions
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
General
High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response. To make that airspace more accessible, NASA is developing an air traffic management system covering those altitudes and supplementing its work with real-time data from a research balloon in Earth’s stratosphere.  Aircraft at high
Posted February 17, 2026
Commercial Crew
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb.
Posted February 13, 2026
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched at 5:15 a.m. EST Friday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station.
Posted February 13, 2026
Johnson Space Center
Game Changing Development Program
NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project completed an important step toward using local resources to support human exploration on the Moon. The CaRD team performed integrated prototype testing that used concentrated solar energy to extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil, while confirming the production of carbon monoxide through
Posted February 13, 2026
Cryosphere
Earth Observatory
Earth Visualization & Mapping
Ice & Glaciers
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The glacier in southeastern Svalbard pulses with the changing seasons, speeding up and slowing its flow toward the sea.
Posted February 13, 2026
Private Astronaut Missions
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida.
Posted February 12, 2026
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