Johnson Space Center

NASA Names Norman Knight as Acting Deputy Director of Johnson Space Center

NASA has selected Norman Knight as acting deputy director of Johnson Space Center. Knight currently serves as Director of Johnson’s Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), responsible for astronaut training and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing overall mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs.

Posted March 3, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

General

Johnson Space Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

Fourth Launch of NASA Instruments Planned for Near Moon’s South Pole

Sending instruments to the Moon supports a growing lunar economy on and off Earth, and the next flight of NASA science and technology is only days away.

Posted February 26, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

NASA Names Stephen Koerner as Acting Director of Johnson Space Center

NASA has selected Stephen Koerner as acting director of Johnson Space Center. Koerner previously served as Johnson’s deputy director. “It is an honor to accept my new role as acting director for Johnson,” Koerner said. “Our employees are key to our nation’s human spaceflight goals.

Posted February 26, 2025

General

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Johnson Space Center

Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Mission

Posted February 25, 2025

International Space Station (ISS)

Humans in Space

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Space Operations Mission Directorate

NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 91 Launch, Space Station Docking

NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering approximately three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 91 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 4:24 p.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 27 (2:24 a.m. Baikonur time, Friday, Feb.

Posted February 25, 2025

Johnson Space Center

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Station Science Top News: Feb. 21, 2025

Improving space-based pharmaceutical research Researchers found differences in the stability and degradation of the anti-Covid drug Remdesivir in space and on Earth on its first research flight, but not on a second. This highlights the need for more standardized procedures for pharmaceutical research in space.

Posted February 24, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 4

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Gateway Space Station

Humans in Space

Johnson Space Center

NASA Marks Artemis Progress With Gateway Lunar Space Station

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

Johnson Space Center

Artemis

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Orion Program

People of Johnson

Guiding Orion: Jorge Chong’s Mission to Advance Deep Space Exploration

Jorge Chong is helping shape the future of human spaceflight, one calculation at a time. As a project manager for TRON (Tracking and Ranging via Optical Navigation) and a guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) test engineer in the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division, he is leading efforts to ensure the Orion spacecraft can navigate deep […]

Posted February 20, 2025

Johnson Space Center

NASA History

60 Years Ago: Ranger 8 Moon Photos Aid in Apollo Site Selection

Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the Moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists believed the Moon had a solid surface that would support astronauts and their landing craft, a few believed a deep layer of dust covered it that would swallow any visitors. Until 1964, no closeup photographs of the […]

Posted February 20, 2025

Johnson Space Center

NASA History

55 Years Ago: Preps for Apollo 13 and 14, Apollo 12 Crew on World Tour

With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Fred Haise, and backups John Young, John Swigert, and Charles Duke continued to train for the 10-day mission planned to land in the Fra Mauro highlands region of the Moon. Engineers continued to prepare the Saturn V rocket […]

Posted February 20, 2025