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A South Dakota State University team took first place at NASA’s fifth annual Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, which challenged student teams to address a critical element of U.S. aviation: aircraft maintenance.

Posted May 20, 2026

NASA en español

La NASA informará sobre su estrategia y misiones para la Base Lunar

Read this news release in English here. La NASA ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa el martes 26 de mayo a las 2 p.m. EDT (hora del este) para compartir los planes para la Base Lunar y destacar los avances hacia una presencia sostenida en la superficie lunar. La sesión informativa para los medios tendrá lugar […]

Posted May 20, 2026

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

CoECI News

Get Involved

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

Prizes, Challenges, & Crowdsourcing News

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge

The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge — the fifth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a competition to advance persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. NASA Flight Opportunities invites applicants to propose a payload that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit.

Posted May 20, 2026

Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Flyby

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. During the flyby, it took this image and others.

Posted May 20, 2026

Earth Science

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Earth

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Water Blooms

Water on Earth

NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae

NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a study recently published in AGU Earth and Space Science, researchers reported the tool was able to fuse data from multiple satellites and detect harmful algal blooms that occurred in western Florida and Southern California.

Posted May 20, 2026

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

NASA Headquarters

NASA to Provide Update on Moon Base Strategy, Missions

NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface. The media briefing will take place at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. Leadership will discuss program progress, including new industry partners and mission plans.

Posted May 20, 2026

Technology

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry

NASA released the 2026 Civil Space Shortfall Ranking list on Wednesday, which integrates more than 400 responses from stakeholders including industry organizations, government agencies, and academia. Shortfalls refer to technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs.

Posted May 20, 2026

I Am Artemis

Artemis 2

Exploration Ground Systems

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Orion Program

I Am Artemis: Tim Goddard

Listen to this audio excerpt from Tim Goddard, NASA open water lead: At the end of their mission around the Moon, NASA’s Artemis II astronauts were recovered from their Orion spacecraft by a team of U.S. Navy divers and NASA personnel. This included Tim Goddard, NASA open water lead, who helped guide the complex open […]

Posted May 20, 2026

Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Gamma Rays

Goddard Space Flight Center

Magnetars

Neutron Stars

Stars

Supernovae

The Universe

NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae

An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion.

Posted May 20, 2026

Earth Observatory

Landsat 9

Wildfires