Missions

Asteroids
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lucy
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
Trojan Asteroids
Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a wobbly, peanut-shaped body that has undergone a lot of activity in its relatively short history.
Posted June 18, 2026
Kennedy Space Center
Artemis
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Missions
Moon Base
Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center
Sustainability at Kennedy Space Center
A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for long-duration missions on the Moon and Mars departed the spaceport and arrived at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.
Posted June 2, 2026
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Landsat
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.
Posted May 27, 2026
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 3
Johnson Space Center
NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The event will stream on NASA+ and on the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to […]
Posted May 27, 2026
Humans in Space
Artemis
Missions
Moon Base
Editor’s note: Release was updated May 27, 2026, to provide additional details on the crewed lunar terrain vehicles. During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncrewed cargo landers bound for the Moon. NASA leaders also shared target launch […]
Posted May 26, 2026
Missions
Aeronautics
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
NASA Directorates
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
Organizations
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated May 22, 2026 to include a retirement. NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to better deliver on the nation’s highest‑priority objectives with speed and efficiency.
Posted May 22, 2026
Commercial Resupply
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Missions
NASA Headquarters
SpaceX Commercial Resupply
The 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission under contract with NASA is headed to the International Space Station with new scientific experiments after lifting off at 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The SpaceX spacecraft, loaded with nearly 6,500 pounds […]
Posted May 16, 2026
Artemis 3
Artemis
Missions
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Editor’s note: This article was updated May 15, 2026, to add clarification to the spacer design. NASA is moving quickly to define next year’s Artemis III mission in Earth orbit, a crewed flight that will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between the agency’s Orion spacecraft and commercial landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX.
Posted May 13, 2026
Humans in Space
Anil Menon
Astronauts
International Space Station (ISS)
Missions
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on April 23, 2026, to extend the deadline for phone RSVPs, as well as to correctly state that Anil Menon is a colonel in the United States Space Force. NASA will host a news conference at 1:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 29, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in […]
Posted April 22, 2026
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Following NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully splashing down on Earth, engineers started diving into detailed analysis of data to assess how key systems and subsystems on the Orion spacecraft, SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, and systems at the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida performed.
Posted April 21, 2026
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