Missions

Coronagraph
Coronal Mass Ejections
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Missions
Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)
The Sun
Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test.
Posted August 4, 2026
Missions
Artemis
Stennis Space Center
NASA and Blue Origin announced Friday they recently agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the company’s New Glenn rocket on the B-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The annex to a reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed earlier this month highlights NASA’s commitment to working […]
Posted July 24, 2026
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mars
Mars Exploration Program
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Planetary Science Division
Planets
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to Earth-based auroras. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into E
Posted July 23, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Commercial Crew
Goddard Space Flight Center
International Space Station (ISS)
Kennedy Space Center
Missions
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at […]
Posted July 17, 2026
Deep Space Network
Dwarf Planets
Missions
NASA Directorates
New Horizons
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Pluto
Science Mission Directorate
The Kuiper Belt
The Solar System
Uncategorized
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto.
Posted July 7, 2026
Humans in Space
Human Research Program
Johnson Space Center
Missions
NASA is recruiting research participants for the agency’s next simulated deep space mission.
Posted July 1, 2026
Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)
Marshall Space Flight Center
Missions
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology Demonstration
Technology Demonstration Missions Program
For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Similar to how a gas pump needs a nozzle to fit your fuel tank, future spacecraft could require a special device in order to fill up prior to departure, known as […]
Posted June 26, 2026
Moon Base
Earth's Moon
Missions
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 30, to share updates to NASA’s plans to build a Moon Base on the lunar surface. Administrator Isaacman and Carlos García-Galán, Moon Base program manager, will discuss the next set of awards for new lunar lander missions and preview upcoming […]
Posted June 25, 2026
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
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