Missions

Following an in-depth, independent project review, NASA has decided to discontinue the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) project due to continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges, and a broader community evolution away from refueling unprepared spacecraft, which has led to a lack of a committed partner.

Posted March 1, 2024

Missions

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Tech Contributes to Soft Moon Landing, Agency Science Underway

Editor’s note: This release was updated Feb. 23, 2024, to add an image from the news conference and participant titles.

Posted February 24, 2024

Missions

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

NASA, Intuitive Machines to Discuss Historic Moon Mission Today

NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a televised news conference at 5 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 23, to detail the Odysseus lander’s historic soft Moon landing.

Posted February 23, 2024

Missions

Artemis 2

Astronauts

Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Humans in Space

Victor J. Glover

NASA Invites Media to Speak with Artemis II Moon Crew, Recovery Team

Media are invited to speak with the four Artemis II astronauts on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Naval Base San Diego in California. The crew will fly around the Moon next year as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, marking the first astronauts to make the journey in more than 50 years. NASA and the U.S. Department […]

Posted February 22, 2024

General

Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

Diversity at NASA

Exoplanet Atmosphere

Exoplanets

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

People of NASA

NASA Astronomer Sees Power in Community, Works to Build More

Science is often portrayed as a solitary affair, where discoveries are made by lone geniuses toiling in isolation. But Dr. Natasha Batalha, an astronomer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, says solving problems with the people around her is one of the best parts of her job. “Oh, man, working with people […]

Posted February 21, 2024

Commercial Space

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Johnson Space Center

Missions

NASA Headquarters

NASA Sets Coverage of First US Uncrewed Commercial Moon Landing

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated Feb. 21, 2024, to reflect updated times for the target landing of Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander and NASA coverage of the event. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Intuitive Machines is targeting no earlier than 5:30 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb.

Posted February 20, 2024

Humans in Space

Astronauts

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Missions

NASA Headquarters

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews Prior to Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is available in limited opportunities to discuss her mission beginning at 8 a.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 26. The interviews will take place ahead of Dyson launching to the International Space Station in March. The virtual interviews will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website. Learn how […]

Posted February 20, 2024

Exoplanet Discoveries

Exoplanets

Gas Giant Exoplanets

Missions

The Universe

WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)

Discovery Alert: Glowing Cloud Points to a Cosmic Collision

Scientists find that a glowing cloud that obscured a star was caused by a cataclysmic collision of two giant exoplanets.

Posted February 17, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Nebulae

Protostars

Star-forming Nebulae

Stars

The Universe

Hubble Views a Massive Star Forming

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky Way about 5,900 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 make up this image.

Posted February 16, 2024

Missions

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Artemis Science, First Intuitive Machines Flight Head to Moon

A suite of NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations is on the way to our nearest celestial neighbor for the benefit of humanity. Through this flight to the Moon, they will provide insights into the lunar surface environment and test technologies for future landers and Artemis astronauts. At 1:05 a.m.

Posted February 15, 2024