Science Mission Directorate

NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere

NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth’s atmosphere influence the space environment and help improve prediction capabilities for impacts on crucial technology, such as GPS and low Earth orbit satellites, as well as astronauts in space.

Posted June 19, 2026

Science Mission Directorate

Earth Science Division

NASA Awards Contract for Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition

NASA has selected eight new companies and will acquire new data products from six existing Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract holders to expand the range of commercial satellite data available to researchers, civil agencies, and decision-makers.

Posted June 18, 2026

Asteroids

Goddard Space Flight Center

Lucy

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

Trojan Asteroids

NASA’s Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a wobbly, peanut-shaped body that has undergone a lot of activity in its relatively short history.

Posted June 18, 2026

Mars

Ames Research Center

Commercial Space

Partner With Us

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science

NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation.

Posted June 18, 2026

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

Deep Space Network

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call Today

The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary, one-year mission. The spacecraft was heard last on Dec. 6, when it experienced an unexpected loss of signal after […]

Posted June 3, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy

Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where teams completed its construction, assembly, and testing.

Posted June 2, 2026

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Landsat

Missions

Science Mission Directorate

Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft

The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.

Posted May 27, 2026

Swift Boost Mission

NASA Headquarters

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Science Mission Directorate

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA to Showcase Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit

Media are invited to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday, June 17, to view Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket, carrying a Katalyst robotic spacecraft that will attempt to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.

Posted May 22, 2026

Langley Research Center

Airborne Science

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Earth's Atmosphere

General

Science Mission Directorate

NASA’s 777 Aircraft Returns Home with Science Flights on the Horizon

NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to the agency’s fleet after undergoing heavy structural modifications as it transforms from a giant passenger plane into the agency’s next-generation airborne science laboratory.

Posted April 22, 2026

Artemis

Artemis 2

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

Johnson Space Center

Johnson's Mission Control Center

Lunar Science

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers

NASA’s first Artemis II science officers—Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia—are pioneering a new era of mission operations by integrating advanced lunar science directly into Mission Control. Their work will shape how future Artemis crews observe, analyze, and deepen our understanding of the Moon.

Posted April 3, 2026