Missions

Johnson Space Center
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Missions
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity.
Posted March 14, 2025
General
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Langley Research Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, supported by Marshall Space Flight Center IN Huntsville, Alabama, has captured first-of-its-kind imagery of a lunar lander’s engine plumes interacting with the Moon’s surface, a key piece of data as trips to the Moon increase in the coming years under the agency’s Artemis campaign.
Posted March 13, 2025
Johnson Space Center
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Challenges to measuring space-induced brain changes Researchers found that an upward shift in the brain during spaceflight makes it hard to distinguish different types of tissue, causing errors in determining changes in brain volume. Previous studies have interpreted these changes as evidence of adaptation to space.
Posted March 10, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Artemis
General
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of Johnson
James Gentile always wanted to fly. As he prepared for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy to become a pilot, life threw him an unexpected curve: a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. His appointment was rescinded.  With his dream grounded, Gentile had two choices—give up or chart a new course. He chose the […]
Posted March 10, 2025
People of NASA
Life at NASA
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
For the 13th straight year, NASA has earned the title of Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – from the Partnership for Public Service. The ranking reflects employee satisfaction and workplace elements across the agency while executing NASA’s mission to explore the unknown and discover new knowledge for the benefit […]
Posted March 7, 2025
Artemis 2
Kennedy Space Center
Missions
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA’s Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion reaches space to power the spacecraft.
Posted March 6, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Commercial Crew
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of Johnson
Chris Wade is a visiting vehicle integration manager for SpaceX vehicles in the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office. He plays a key role in ensuring that all vehicle requirements are on track to support SpaceX missions to the space station.
Posted March 4, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Preventing biofilm formation in space Two anti-microbial coatings reduced formation of biofilms in microgravity and have potential for use in space. Controlling biofilms could help protect human health and prevent corrosion and degradation of equipment on future long-duration space missions.
Posted March 3, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lunar Trailblazer
Missions
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
The next set of NASA science and technology demonstrations is on its way to the lunar surface, where they will gather data about Earth’s nearest neighbor and help pave the way for American astronauts to explore the Moon and beyond, for the benefit of all. Carrying NASA instruments as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial […]
Posted February 27, 2025
Auroras
EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Missions
Small Satellite Missions
The Sun
High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of electrical charge around the poles every second.
Posted February 25, 2025
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