Humans in Space

Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station. The mission will be the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Posted February 21, 2024

Humans in Space

Astronauts

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Missions

NASA Headquarters

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews Prior to Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is available in limited opportunities to discuss her mission beginning at 8 a.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 26. The interviews will take place ahead of Dyson launching to the International Space Station in March. The virtual interviews will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website. Learn how […]

Posted February 20, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 2

Artemis 4

Humans in Space

I Am Artemis

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis II Mission Manager Matthew Ramsey

Matthew Ramsey is keenly aware of the responsibility he shoulders to ensure the agency’s missions to the Moon are safe and successful. As the mission manager for Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed mission under Artemis, Ramsey is charged with helping to define the requirements and priorities for the missions and certifying that the hardware and […]

Posted February 20, 2024

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis

Artemis 3

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Rocket Propellant Tanks for NASA’s Artemis III Mission Take Shape

As NASA works to develop all the systems needed to return astronauts to the Moon under its Artemis campaign for the benefit of all, the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will be responsible for launching astronauts on their journey. With the liquid oxygen tank now fully welded, all of the major structures that will form […]

Posted February 16, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

Artemis

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

Marshall Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

Teams Add Iconic NASA ‘Worm’ Logo to Artemis II Rocket, Spacecraft

Art and science merge as teams add the NASA “worm” logo on the SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters and the Orion spacecraft’s crew module adapter at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the agency’s Artemis II mission. The iconic logo was introduced in 1975 by the firm of Danne & Blackburn as […]

Posted February 16, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

Flame Burns Out on NASA’s Long-Running Spacecraft Fire Experiment

NASA recently concluded the final mission of its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment, or Saffire, putting a blazing end to an eight-year series of investigations that provided insights into fire’s behavior in space. The final experiment, Saffire-VI, launched to the International Space Station in August 2023 and concluded its mission on Jan.

Posted February 15, 2024

Glenn Research Center

AeroSpace Frontiers

Astronauts

Humans in Space

NASA Participates in “Ohioans in Space” Painting Unveiling

Representatives from NASA Headquarters and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland participated in the unveiling of the “Ohioans in Space” painting at a large gala at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Jan. 24.

Posted February 14, 2024

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Spacesuits

xEVA & Human Surface Mobility

Collins Aerospace Tests NASA Space Station Suit in Weightlessness

A key NASA design milestone was recently completed by Collins Aerospace as the company works to develop a next-generation spacesuit for use on the International Space Station.

Posted February 12, 2024

General

Commercial Crew

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

Private Astronaut Missions

Third NASA Enabled Private Flight to Space Station Completes Safely

The third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station successfully completed its journey as part of NASA efforts to create commercial opportunities in space.

Posted February 9, 2024

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

NASA Expedition 71 Astronauts to Conduct Research aboard Space Station

Studies of neurological organoids, plant growth, and shifts in body fluids are among the scientific investigations that NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson will help support aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 71.

Posted February 9, 2024