Missions

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
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
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)
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
Missions
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
For the second time, Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to deliver NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations to the Moon for the benefit of all.
Posted January 24, 2025
Missions
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Moon
Game Changing Development Program
Kennedy Space Center
Langley Research Center
Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium
Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative
NASA Headquarters
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and […]
Posted January 24, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Insights into metal alloy solidification Researchers report details of phase and structure in the solidification of metal alloys on the International Space Station, including formation of microstructures.
Posted January 21, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Earth
Earth Science
Extreme Weather Events
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Measurements from space support wildfire risk predictions Researchers demonstrated that data from the International Space Station’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument played a significant role in the ability of machine learning algorithms to predict wildfire susceptibility.
Posted January 13, 2025
Missions
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Marshall Space Flight Center
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated Jan. 13, 2025, to reflect the correct affiliation for Maria Banks, CLPS project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Posted January 10, 2025
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to conventional satellites.
Posted January 7, 2025
Missions
Mars Sample Return (MSR)
To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced Tuesday a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program.
Posted January 7, 2025
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