April 2026

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Photojournal
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree view of a region filled with low ridges called boxwork formations between Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, 2025 (the 4,714th to 4,741st Martian days, or sols, of the mission). At 1.5 billion pixels, this is one of the largest panoramas Curiosity has ever taken (the rover’s largest […]
Posted April 28, 2026
Technology Demonstration
Glenn Research Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. On Feb. 24, for the first time in years and at power levels exceeding any previous test in the United States, a team fired up […]
Posted April 28, 2026
Artemis 2
Artemis
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Glenn Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
Technology Demonstration
Millions of people watched the historic launch of Artemis II and were captivated by the mission’s 10-day journey around the Moon as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen ventured farther into space than any human before.
Posted April 28, 2026
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Photojournal
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its right navigation camera — one of two on the rover’s mast, or head — to capture the images in this timelapse, which spans six years of driving. The images were snapped between Jan. 2, 2020, and March 8, 2026 (the 2,633rd and 4,830th Martian day, or sol, of […]
Posted April 28, 2026
Christopher L. Williams
Astronauts Chris Williams of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work together in the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox, processing genetic-material samples for the DNA Nano Therapeutics‑3 experiment.
Posted April 28, 2026
Earth Observatory
Land Cover
Landsat 9
Vegetation
The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.
Posted April 28, 2026
NASA’s X-59 is helping the nation celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence with an update to its livery – its official paint job and insignia.
Posted April 27, 2026
Mars
Astrobiology
Curiosity (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Perseverance (Rover)
NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight how the missions are revealing details of the Red Planet’s formation, watery past, and potential for life. Located 2,345 miles (3,775 kilometers) apart from each other on Mars — about the distance from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.
Posted April 27, 2026
Citizen Science
The second Artemis mission took four astronauts around the moon and back – the first crewed deep-space flight since 1972. Not everyone gets a chance to put on a space suit, but you can still be an important part of NASA’s human space exploration story by doing NASA science!
Posted April 27, 2026
Citizen Science
Planetary Science
Uncategorized
As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts zipped around the Moon in early April, they observed flashes of light caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. At the same time, volunteers for the NASA-funded Impact Flash project scanned the Moon with their own telescopes and sent their videos to scientists to share what they saw from Earth.
Posted April 27, 2026
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