June 2026

Look Up!

Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on May 17, 2026. The orbital outpost was soaring 259 miles above the […]

Posted June 2, 2026

Kennedy Space Center

Artemis

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Missions

Moon Base

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

Sustainability at Kennedy Space Center

NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base

A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for long-duration missions on the Moon and Mars departed the spaceport and arrived at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

Posted June 2, 2026

Astrophysics Division

Citizen Science

Be a Clump Scout and Help Reveal Secrets of Stellar Nurseries

Help identify star-forming clumps in galaxy images, and help train machines to do the same.

Posted June 2, 2026

Johnson Space Center

Artemis

General

People of Johnson

Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead

Scott Wray’s experience with spacewalks started when he was about 6 years old. A tent resembling a lunar lander provided the perfect imaginary spacecraft. “I would lie on my back with my feet propped up on a pillow as I imagined going through a launch countdown sequence,” he said. “Then I would exit the tent […]

Posted June 2, 2026

Earth Observatory

Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)

Landsat 9

Wildfires

Fire’s Footprint on Santa Rosa Island

A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the Channel Islands.

Posted June 2, 2026

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Johnson Space Center

NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft

NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Posted June 2, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy

Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where teams completed its construction, assembly, and testing.

Posted June 2, 2026

General

NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston

Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston.

Posted June 1, 2026

Skywatching

Skywatching Tips

The Solar System

What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Venus and Jupiter meet after sunset, the Moon passes in front of Venus, summer begins, and deep-sky treasures rise into view.

Posted June 1, 2026

Aeronautics STEM

Flight Log—About Pilots

Introduction From the first glider flight to the first powered flight, aviation pioneers have paved the way for remarkable innovations in flight. At NASA, our pilots conduct research, study wildfires, and support unmanned aircraft missions. In fact, out of the 360 astronauts who have been selected, 191 of them have been pilots!

Posted June 1, 2026