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NASA Stennis Engineer Proud to Serve During NASA’s Return to the Moon

Richard Wear calls it an honor to be working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, during a historic time as NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years on the Artemis II mission. “I have not stopped learning in the 15 years […]

Posted January 12, 2026

White Dwarf Star (Artist’s Concept)

A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist’s concept released Nov. 19, 2025, to illustrate the first use of NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star. IXPE spent nearly one week focused on EX Hydrae, a white dwarf […]

Posted January 12, 2026

NASA en español

Artemis

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

Missions

Últimos preparativos para la primera misión tripulada a la Luna con la campaña Artemis de la NASA

Read this article in English here. Conforme la NASA se acerca al lanzamiento del vuelo de prueba Artemis II, la agencia pronto llevará por primera vez su cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial (SLS, por sus siglas en inglés) y la nave espacial Orion a la plataforma de lanzamiento en el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la agencia en […]

Posted January 12, 2026

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

Complement-ARIE NAMs Reduction to Practice Challenge

Recent technological advances have set the stage for a renewed focus on human-based solutions called new approach methodologies (NAMs) that can complement, and in some cases replace, animal models in research and regulatory testing.

Posted January 12, 2026

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA Bolsters Golden Age of Exploration with Technology Priorities

As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon that will pave the way for human exploration on Mars, the agency is tapping into America’s expanding space economy to help guide its strategic technology investments. This initiative, led by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate invites collaboration from U.S.

Posted January 12, 2026

Johnson Space Center

Human Health and Performance

People of Johnson

Susan Schuh: Supporting the Humans in Human Spaceflight

Susan Schuh has dedicated her career to helping humans adapt to life beyond Earth. As the Flight Crew Integration Operational Habitability (OpsHab) team lead in NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Schuh leads efforts to understand what it is really like to live and work in space. She turns […]

Posted January 12, 2026

Marshall Space Flight Center

General

Marshall Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

NASA Marshall Removes 2 Historic Test Stands

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, removed two of its historic test stands – the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility – with carefully coordinated implosions on Jan. 10, 2026. The demolition of these historic structures is part of a larger project at Marshall that began in spring 2022, […]

Posted January 10, 2026

Artemis 2

Artemis

Astronauts

Humans in Space

Missions

Final Steps Underway for NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission

Lee este artículo en español aquí. As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final integration, testing, and launch […]

Posted January 10, 2026

General

Astrophysics

Gamma Rays

Gamma-Ray Bursts

Shaken, Not Stirred: NASA’s StarBurst Aces Extreme Temperature Tests

Heated, cooled, shaken, and settled – NASA’s StarBurst instrument is several steps closer to being ready for launch. The small satellite is now awaiting instrument calibration following a successful integration in Canada and rigorous testing by engineers at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Posted January 9, 2026

Dragonfly

Astrobiology

Langley Research Center

Missions

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

Titan

Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift

In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery.

Posted January 9, 2026