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Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

NASA to Share Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Update

NASA will host a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 12, to highlight progress toward the Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon. The media briefing will take place from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the conclusion of an Artemis II Flight Readiness Review. The news conference will stream live […]

Posted March 9, 2026

NASA Engineering and Safety Center

TB 26-03 Flammability Testing Configuration and Approach of Barrier MaterialAssemblies Designed for Space Flight Applications

The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) partnered with Materials and Processes and Flammability subject matter experts from the Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility, and the Marshall Space Flight Center to design and develop a test for evaluating the effectiveness of material assemblies to serve as a barrier between a potential cab

Posted March 9, 2026

Nebulae

Webb Studies Cranium Nebula

Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula. Webb captured its unusual features in both near- and mid-infrared light. The nebula was first revealed in infrared light by a predecessor to Webb, NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space […]

Posted March 9, 2026

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

Commercial Resupply

International Space Station (ISS)

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Headquarters

NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Station Resupply Launch

Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft will launch in April to the orbital laboratory on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for NASA.

Posted March 6, 2026

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

Asteroids

Astronomy

Didymos & Dimorphos

Planetary Defense

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)

NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun

New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn’t just change the motion of Dimorphos around its larger companion, Didymos; the crash also shifted the orbit of both asteroids around the Sun.

Posted March 6, 2026

Artemis 2

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Orion Program

Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time

As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture around the Moon inside the agency’s Orion spacecraft, people around the world can pinpoint Orion during its journey using the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW).

Posted March 6, 2026

International Space Station (ISS)

Weekends on the Space Station

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir trims the hair of fellow NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway in this March 1, 2026, image. Meir uses an electric razor attached to a vacuum that collects loose clippings to keep the station’s atmosphere clean in microgravity. Crew on the International Space Station also use weekends to complete housekeeping tasks.

Posted March 6, 2026

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

Commercial Resupply

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cargo Spacecraft Departure

After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science investigations, hardware, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA and its international partners, the Cygnus XL spacecraft supporting Northrop Grumman’s 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission is scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory Thursday, March 12.

Posted March 6, 2026

Carbon Cycle

Earth Observatory

Ice & Glaciers

Oceans

Water Blooms

Ailing “Megaberg” Sparks Surge of Microscopic Life

As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Posted March 6, 2026

Air Traffic Management and Safety

About Air Traffic Management and Safety Project

The Air Traffic Management and Safety (ATMS) project defines, validates, and transfers advanced requirements and technologies to shift air traffic management from tactical to strategic. This change enables efficient, productive, and resilient operations while reducing safety assurance and compliance costs for highly automated systems. ATMS resea

Posted March 6, 2026