Johnson Space Center

Station Science Top News: Jan. 24, 2025

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 to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings

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

40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission

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

Advanced Modeling Enhances Gateway’s Lunar Dust Defense

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

60 Years Ago: Uncrewed Gemini 2 Paves the Way for the First Crewed Mission

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

Johnson Space Center

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Science & Research

Station Science Top News: Jan. 17, 2025

Insights into metal alloy solidification Researchers report details of phase and structure in the solidification of metal alloys on the International Space Station, including formation of microstructures.

Posted January 21, 2025

NASA History

Johnson Space Center

35 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 13th Group of Astronauts

On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23 candidates – seven pilots and 16 mission specialists. The group included one African American, one Asian American, and five women including the first female pilot and the first Hispanic woman. Following one year of astronaut […]

Posted January 17, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

People of Johnson

NASA Names David Korth as Deputy, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate

NASA has selected David Korth as deputy for Johnson Space Center’s Safety and Mission Assurance directorate.

Posted January 17, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

People of Johnson

NASA Names Mary Beth Schwartz as Director, Center Operations Directorate

NASA has selected Mary Beth Schwartz as director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center Center Operations directorate. Schwartz previously served as the directorate’s deputy director. “I’m excited to embark on my new role as director for Johnson’s Center Operations directorate,” Schwartz said.

Posted January 17, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

People of Johnson

How It Started, How It’s Going: Johnson Space Center Edition

If you ask Johnson Space Center employees why they work for NASA, many will tell you it was always their dream. For others, landing a job at NASA was an unexpected stop on their career path. Here is a look at where five Johnson team members worked before NASA and how they are helping to […]

Posted January 15, 2025