Johnson Space Center

Johnson Space Center
General
People of Johnson
An interesting fact about Johnson Space Center’s Anika Isaac, MS, LPC, LMFT, LCDC, CEAP, NCC, is that there are more letters following her name than there are in it.
Posted February 4, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Seeds survive space Researchers found that plant seeds exposed to space germinated at the same rate as those kept on the ground. This finding shows that plant seeds can remain viable during long-term space travel and plants could be used for food and other uses on future missions. Materials International Space Station Experiment-14 exposed a […]
Posted February 3, 2025
Johnson Space Center
NASA History
The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space Station program, space shuttle Discovery’s 20th flight conducted the first shuttle rendezvous with the Mir space station, in preparation for future dockings.
Posted February 3, 2025
Johnson Space Center
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of Johnson
For astronauts aboard the International Space Station, staying connected to loved ones and maintaining a sense of normalcy is critical. That is where Tandra Gill Spain, a computer resources senior project manager in NASA’s Avionics and Software Office, comes in.
Posted February 3, 2025
Johnson Space Center
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Reducing reliance on resupply missions Resupply of life support elements such as air, water, food, clothing, and hygiene items will be impractical on missions to the Moon and beyond.
Posted January 27, 2025
OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)
Asteroids
Bennu
Goddard Space Flight Center
Johnson Space Center
Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission, which delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in September 2023.
Posted January 24, 2025
Johnson Space Center
NASA History
STS-51C
On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD). As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified.
Posted January 24, 2025
Gateway Space Station
Artemis
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Johnson Space Center
Ahead of more frequent and intense contact with dust during Artemis missions, NASA is developing new strategies to protect equipment as astronauts travel between the Moon and spacecraft like Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station.
Posted January 22, 2025
Johnson Space Center
NASA History
On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its Titan II booster, clearing the way for the first crewed mission. The 18-minute suborbital mission achieved the primary goals of flight qualifying the Gemini spacecraft, especially its heat shield during a stressful reentry.
Posted January 21, 2025
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