Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
General
Langley Research Center
A team from Auburn University took top honors in NASA’s 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition Forum, where undergraduate and graduate teams competed to develop new concepts for operating on the Moon, Mars and beyond.  Auburn’s project, “Dynamic Ecosystems for Mars Environmental Control and Life Support System
Posted June 5, 2025
Earth's Moon
Artemis 2
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Prizes, Challenges, & Crowdsourcing News
Social Media
NASA will host a live Twitch event to highlight the ongoing Moon Mascot Challenge, which invites the public to design a zero gravity indicator for the agency’s Artemis II crewed test flight around the Moon. Viewers will have the opportunity to provide real-time input to an artist who will create an example of a zero […]
Posted May 12, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 4
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Space Station
General
Humans in Space
NASA continues to mark progress on plans to work with commercial and international partners as part of the Gateway program. The primary structure of HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) arrived at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona, where it will undergo final outfitting and verification testing.
Posted April 26, 2025
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Engineering & Safety Center Academy
Spacesuits
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
A JPL facility built to support potential robotic spacecraft missions to frozen ocean worlds helps engineers develop safety tests for next-generation spacesuits.
Posted April 24, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 4
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Gateway Space Station
Glenn Research Center
Humans in Space
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
Assembly is underway for Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element, the module that will power the lunar space station's journey to and around the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign.
Posted February 25, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 4
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Space Station
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
NASA and its international partners are making progress on Gateway – the lunar space station that will orbit the Moon as a centerpiece of the agency’s Moon to Mars architecture.
Posted February 21, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 4
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Gateway Space Station
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
A key element of the Gateway lunar space station has entered the cleanroom for final installations after completing environmental stress tests.
Posted February 13, 2025
Artemis 2
Common Exploration Systems Development Division
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
Media are invited to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to capture imagery of the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters for the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon. The event is targeted for Friday, March 7. Subject matter experts from NASA and industry partners […]
Posted February 12, 2025
Artemis
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Humans in Space
NASA Headquarters
NASA awarded new study contracts Thursday to help support life and work on the lunar surface. As part of the agency’s blueprint for deep space exploration to support the Artemis campaign, nine American companies in seven states are receiving awards.
Posted January 23, 2025
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