Missions

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

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

Missions

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Missions Studying Cosmic Origins, Sun

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), the agency’s newest space telescope.

Posted February 18, 2025

Johnson Space Center

Artemis

General

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Driving the Future: NASA Highlights Artemis at Houston AutoBoative Show

You would not expect to see NASA at a car show—but that’s exactly where Johnson Space Center employees were from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, 2025, driving the future of space exploration forward. At the Houston AutoBoative Show, a fusion of the auto and boat show, NASA rolled out its Artemis exhibit at NRG Center […]

Posted February 11, 2025

Missions

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner

Editor’s note: This release was updated on Feb. 4, 2025, to reflect a change in the deadline for when responses to the proposal are due.

Posted February 3, 2025

International Space Station (ISS)

Humans in Space

Johnson Space Center

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Science & Research

Station Science Top News: Jan. 31, 2025

Seeds survive space Researchers found that plant seeds exposed to space germinated at the same rate as those kept on the ground. This finding shows that plant seeds can remain viable during long-term space travel and plants could be used for food and other uses on future missions. Materials International Space Station Experiment-14 exposed a […]

Posted February 3, 2025

InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

Missions

NASA’s InSight Finds Marsquakes From Meteoroids Go Deeper Than Expected

With help from AI, scientists discovered a fresh crater made by an impact that shook material as deep as the Red Planet’s mantle. Meteoroids striking Mars produce seismic signals that can reach deeper into the planet than previously known. That’s the finding of a pair of new papers comparing marsquake data collected by NASA’s InSight […]

Posted February 3, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

International Space Station (ISS)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

People of Johnson

Station Nation: Meet Tandra Gill Spain, Computer Resources Senior Project Manager in the Avionics and Software Office

For astronauts aboard the International Space Station, staying connected to loved ones and maintaining a sense of normalcy is critical. That is where Tandra Gill Spain, a computer resources senior project manager in NASA’s Avionics and Software Office, comes in.

Posted February 3, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Kennedy Space Center

Missions

Science Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA to Talk Science, Tech Aboard Next Intuitive Machines Moon Flight

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 7, to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon.

Posted January 31, 2025

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Heliophysics

Missions

Science & Research

Solar Wind

Space Weather

NASA Invites Media to Discuss PUNCH Mission to Study Solar Wind

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Jan. 31, 2025, to reflect an update to the participants for the teleconference. NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to share information about the agency’s upcoming PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which is targeted to launch […]

Posted January 29, 2025

Coronal Mass Ejections

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Office

Launch Services Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Science & Research

Solar Wind

Space Weather

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

NASA’s PUNCH Mission Tests Solar Arrays Before Launch

Technicians supporting NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission deployed and tested the spacecraft’s solar arrays at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of its launch next month.

Posted January 28, 2025