Humans in Space

Students from Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas will have an opportunity to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The 20-minute Earth-to-space call will stream live at 9:10 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 26, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a […]

Posted June 21, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

Astronauts

Humans in Space

ISS Research

Michael R. Barratt

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

NASA Updates Coverage for US Spacewalks 90, 91 Outside Space Station

NASA will provide live coverage as astronauts conduct two spacewalks outside the International Space Station scheduled for Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 2. The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EDT June 24, and last about six and a half hours. NASA will provide live coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. NASA […]

Posted June 18, 2024

Ames Research Center

Astronauts

Diversity at NASA

Humans in Space

Native American Heritage Month

Nicole Aunapu Mann

People of NASA

Astronaut Nicole Mann Throws First Pitch at Giants-Angels Game 

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann waves as she is introduced before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the San Francisco Giants versus Los Angeles Angels game at Oracle Park in San Francisco on June 14, 2024. Mann was honored for her accomplishments at the Giants’ Native American Heritage Night. She is the first Indigenous woman […]

Posted June 18, 2024

Artemis 2

Artemis

Humans in Space

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Invites Media to See Artemis II Moon Rocket Elements at Kennedy

Media are invited in late July to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see progress on the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket as preparations continue for the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. Participants joining the multi-day events will see the arrival and unloading of the 212-foot-tall SLS core stage at […]

Posted June 14, 2024

Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

NASA’s Repository Supports Research of Commercial Astronaut Health

NASA’s Open Science Data Repository provides valuable information to researchers studying the impact of space on the human body.

Posted June 11, 2024

ISS Research

Astronauts

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

Matthew Dominick

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

NASA Sets Coverage for U.S. Spacewalk 90 Outside Space Station

NASA will provide live coverage, beginning at 6:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 13, as two astronauts conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and last about six and a half hours. NASA will stream the spacewalk on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, […]

Posted June 11, 2024

Humans in Space

Apollo 8

Astronauts

Gemini XI

William A. Anders

NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo Astronaut William Anders

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of Apollo astronaut Maj. Gen. (ret.) William “Bill” Anders, who passed away June 7, in San Juan Islands, Washington state, at the age of 90. “In 1968, as a member of the Apollo 8 crew, as one of the first three people […]

Posted June 8, 2024

Humans in Space

Commercial Crew

Commercial Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Crew Flight Test Astronauts to Call White House, NASA Leaders

Following their safe arrival at the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will participate in a pair of Earth to space calls Monday, June 10, regarding their historic mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft: Known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, the duo will speak first at 1 p.m. EDT with NASA […]

Posted June 7, 2024

Commercial Crew

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Space Operations Mission Directorate

LIFTOFF! NASA Astronauts Pilot First Starliner Crewed Test to Station

Editor’s note: This release was updated June 5, 2024, to include instructions on how to attend the post-docking briefing on Thursday, June 6. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s Boeing […]

Posted June 5, 2024

Human Landing System Program

Artemis

Artemis 3

Astronauts

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Humans in Space

Johnson Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Spacesuits

xEVA & Human Surface Mobility

NASA Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

The physics remain the same, but the rockets, spacecraft, landers, and spacesuits are new as NASA and its industry partners prepare for Artemis astronauts to walk on the Moon for the first time since 1972. NASA astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson put on spacesuits, developed by Axiom Space, to interact […]

Posted June 4, 2024