NASA Headquarters

Leadership
NASA Headquarters
Jared Isaacman was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 15th administrator by District Judge Timothy J. Kelly.
Posted December 18, 2025
Sentinel-6B
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) / Sentinel-6
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Oceans
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and ocean data to protect coastal infrastructure, improve weather forecasting, and support commercial activities at sea. Launch is targeted at 12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17 (9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov.
Posted November 14, 2025
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth Science Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Headquarters
Science Mission Directorate
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of things to come as the joint mission between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) approaches full science operations later this year.
Posted September 25, 2025
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
NASA Headquarters
SBIR
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to raise a spacecraft’s orbit.
Posted September 24, 2025
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
Artemis Accords
NASA Headquarters
Led by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, an agency delegation will participate in the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney, Australia, from Sunday, Sept. 28 to Friday, Oct. 3. The IAC, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), is hosted this year by the Space Industry Association of Australia.
Posted September 24, 2025
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
NASA en español
NASA Headquarters
Read this press release in English here. Diez nuevos candidatos a astronauta de la NASA fueron presentados el lunes tras un competitivo proceso de selección en el que participaron más de 8.000 aspirantes de todo Estados Unidos. Ahora, la nueva clase completará casi dos años de formación antes de poder optar a asignaciones de vuelo en […]
Posted September 22, 2025
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States.
Posted September 22, 2025
Earth
Applied Sciences Program
Earth Science Division
Ellington Field
Floods
General
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
NASA Aircraft
NASA Headquarters
Science Mission Directorate
WB-57
In response to recent flooding near Kerrville, Texas, NASA deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations.
Posted July 9, 2025
Humans in Space
In-flight Education Downlinks
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Learning Resources
NASA Headquarters
Students in Big Pine Key, Florida, will have the chance to have NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions. At 10:05 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 14, NASA astronaut Nicole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi will answer questions submitted by students.
Posted July 9, 2025
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