May 2026

International Space Station (ISS)
Expedition 74
Humans in Space
NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 a.m. EDT and last roughly five hours. Watch NASA’s live coverage beginning at 9:45 a.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel.
Posted May 22, 2026
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Spiral Galaxies
Star Clusters
This near-infrared image released on May 6, 2026, shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51). M51 is one of four nearby galaxies observed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a study of nearly 9,000 star clusters. Data from the study shows that more massive star clusters emerge more […]
Posted May 22, 2026
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Flight Innovation
NASA Aircraft
Science in the Air
Supersonic Flight
From high‑speed research flights to high‑altitude science campaigns, NASA depends on aircraft that perform at their best and the ground crews who keep them mission ready. At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, specially trained maintenance crews are essential to keeping the agency’s aircraft flying safely and reliably.
Posted May 22, 2026
NASA Centers & Facilities
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in Southern California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to ensure continued accountability and strong value for U.S. taxpayers.
Posted May 22, 2026
Missions
Aeronautics
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
NASA Directorates
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
Organizations
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated May 22, 2026 to include a retirement. NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to better deliver on the nation’s highest‑priority objectives with speed and efficiency.
Posted May 22, 2026
General
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Materials Science
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the Moon.
Posted May 22, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
The Universe
Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and sizes clustered together toward the center-left of the image. A few foreground stars shine brightly and are easily distinguished by the spikes that appear to extend outward from each star. These spikes, called diffraction spikes, are the […]
Posted May 22, 2026
Earth Observatory
Extreme Weather Events
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.
Posted May 22, 2026
Swift Boost Mission
NASA Headquarters
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Science Mission Directorate
Wallops Flight Facility
Media are invited to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday, June 17, to view Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket, carrying a Katalyst robotic spacecraft that will attempt to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
Posted May 22, 2026
Artemis Accords
Artemis
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
The United States participated in an Artemis Accords workshop in Lima, Peru, last week, following a new wave of nations committing to safe and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Posted May 22, 2026
Sign up for our newsletter:

Categories

29
1
1
2
1
10
1
52
1
24
193
365
6
1
3
14
1
3
147
18
4
12
1
1
4
1
4
18
2
196
2
10
37
13
1
11
17
2
6
103
4
2
10
6
2
3
3
1
Io
4
14
29
6
5
12
43
1
6
1
2
1
13
3
260
10
1
2
1
7
220
1
10
1
1
10
11
4
624
344
3
1
58
1

Recent Posts