Marshall Space Flight Center

I Am Artemis: Doug Parkinson

Doug Parkinson’s face lights up as he starts telling his story, how someone from Wisconsin now plays a part in the team that will help land the first Artemis astronauts on to the Moon. Parkinson serves as NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lead for Launch Integration and Mission Operations, guiding engineers responsible for monitoring […]

Posted January 29, 2026

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Galaxy clusters

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Universe

NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe

A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster – among the largest structures in the universe – started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion years earlier than previously thought. This result, made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope, will […]

Posted January 28, 2026

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit future deep space missions by completing a cold-flow test campaign of the first flight reactor engineering development unit since the 1960s.

Posted January 28, 2026

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

General

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA’s Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings

Like a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has a “back catalog” of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. To access these X-ray tracks, or observations, the ultimate compendium has been developed: the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC).

Posted January 23, 2026

Marshall Space Flight Center

Commercial Crew

International Space Station (ISS)

NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall

NASA will host two astronauts at 10 a.m. CST Friday, Jan. 23, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Posted January 21, 2026

NASA Headquarters

Ames Research Center

Apollo 1

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Shuttle

Stennis Space Center

NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration

NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 22, which includes commemorating the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. The event is traditionally held every year on the fourth Thursday of January, as all three astronaut accidents happened around the end of the month. “On NASA’s Day […]

Posted January 21, 2026

Missions

Artemis

Artemis 2

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

Coverage, Briefing Set for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Roll to Pad

NASA’s integrated SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is inching closer to launch – literally. The agency is targeting no earlier than 7 a.m. EST, Saturday, Jan. 17, to begin the multi-hour trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]

Posted January 15, 2026

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Biological & Physical Sciences

Centennial Challenges

Centennial Challenges News

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

Earth Science Division

Get Involved

Heliophysics

Human Research Program

Mars Campaign Development Division

Marshall Space Flight Center

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Prizes, Challenges, & Crowdsourcing News

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

Technology

NASA Back for Seconds with New Food System Design Challenge

NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sustainable missions to the lunar surface and paving the way for human exploration on Mars. As the agency considers deep space endeavors that could last months or years, it must develop ways to feed astronauts beyond sending […]

Posted January 13, 2026

Marshall Space Flight Center

General

Marshall Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

NASA Marshall Removes 2 Historic Test Stands

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, removed two of its historic test stands – the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility – with carefully coordinated implosions on Jan. 10, 2026. The demolition of these historic structures is part of a larger project at Marshall that began in spring 2022, […]

Posted January 10, 2026

I Am Artemis

Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

People of Marshall

Space Launch System (SLS)

I Am Artemis: Dave Reynolds

As booster manager for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System), Dave Reynolds’ path to NASA is embodied by his childhood poster of the space shuttle’s Return to Flight initiative, which hangs in his office, serving as a constant reminder that his journey to the agency began decades ago. Growing up in Roy, Utah, Reynolds remembers standing […]

Posted January 9, 2026