NASA Centers & Facilities

When it comes to discoveries about our upper atmosphere, it pays to know your surroundings. Using data from the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics (TRICE-2) rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa studied waves traveling down Earth’s magnetic field lines into the polar atmosphere.

Posted July 22, 2024

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Science & Research

New Evidence Adds to Findings Hinting at Network of Caves on Moon

An international team of scientists using data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has discovered evidence of caves beneath the Moon’s surface.

Posted July 18, 2024

Johnson Space Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Sky High Sustainability: NASA Johnson’s Pocket Prairie Flourishes Atop Building 12

Buzzing with bees, baby birds, and wildflowers, the rooftop garden atop building 12 at Johnson Space Center in Houston reflects NASA’s commitment to environmental stewardship. Originally constructed in 1963, the facility was transformed in 2012, incorporating energy-efficient features that earned it LEED Gold certification.

Posted July 15, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Barge Preparations Underway for Artemis II Rocket Stage Delivery

Team members are installing pedestals aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge to hold and secure the massive core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, indicating NASA barge crews are nearly ready for its first delivery to support the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. The barge will ferry the core stage on a 900-mile […]

Posted July 11, 2024

Missions

Analog Field Testing

Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)

Johnson Space Center

Kjell N. Lindgren

NASA Centers & Facilities

Voyagers of Mars: The First CHAPEA Crew’s Yearlong Journey

When the first humans travel to the Red Planet, they will need to know how to repair and maintain equipment, grow their own food, and stay healthy, all while contending with Earth-to-Mars communication delays.

Posted July 11, 2024

CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Small Satellite Missions

NASA CubeSat Launches as Rideshare on ESA’s First Ariane 6 Rocket

NASA launched CURIE (CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment) as a rideshare payload on the inaugural flight of ESA’s (European Space Agency) Ariane 6 rocket, which launched at 4 p.m. GFT on July 9 from Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, in French Guiana. Designed by a team from the University of California, Berkeley, CURIE […]

Posted July 11, 2024

Johnson Space Center

Artemis

Commercial Space

Commercial Space Programs

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

People of Johnson

The Future of Commercial Space

From Polar Peaks to Celestial Heights: Christy Hansen’s Unique Path to Leading NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program

Christy Hansen’s journey with NASA spans more than two decades and is marked by roles that have shaped her into a leader in space exploration. Now serving on a six-month rotation as the deputy manager for NASA’s CLDP (Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program) at Johnson Space Center in Houston, she brings 25 years of […]

Posted July 9, 2024

Johnson Space Center

Analog Field Testing

General

HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog)

Human Research Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Mission Success: HERA Crew Successfully Completes 45-Day Simulated Journey to Mars

Four dedicated explorers—Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi Wijesekara—just returned from a 45-day simulated journey to Mars, testing the boundaries of human endurance and teamwork within NASA’s HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Posted July 2, 2024

Missions

Commercial Resupply

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch

Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency and will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Posted July 1, 2024

NASA Centers & Facilities

Science & Research

NASA Awards Contract for Infrared Telescope Facility Operations

NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision.

Posted June 28, 2024