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NASA Engineering and Safety Center
For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov. Download the PDF version An instrumented hammer test does not require an idealized single half-sine waveform.
Posted November 2, 2026
CHAPEA Mission 2
Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)
The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of their simulated Mars journey on Oct. 31, 2026. Crew members Matthew Montgomery (left), James Spicer (middle left), Ross Elder (middle right), and Ellen Ellis (right) spent more than a year […]
Posted November 2, 2026
Earth's Moon
Leonids
Skywatching
Skywatching Tips
The Solar System
Meteor Showers, a Spacecraft Milestone, and a Supermoon Catch Taurid and Leonid meteors, spot Mars near Jupiter, celebrate Voyager 1’s light-day milestone, and watch November’s supermoon. Skywatching Highlights Transcript A month of meteor showers … a close pairing of Mars and Jupiter … and a supermoon! That’s What’s Up for November.
Posted November 2, 2026
Commercial Space
Commercial Resupply
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply
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 November to the orbital laboratory on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for NASA.
Posted November 2, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Sensing the Universe & Multimessenger Astronomy
Stars
Supernovae
NASA’s Hubble studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies and found that much of the oxygen they expected to see is missing. 
Posted November 2, 2026
APOD
APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 November 2 – A…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss  APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Posted November 2, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Topography
Vegetation
Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny Plateau.
Posted November 2, 2026
APOD
APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 November 1 –…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss  APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Posted November 1, 2026
APOD
APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 October 31 –…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss  APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Posted October 31, 2026
General
Aeronautics
Astronauts
Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Moon Base
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Quesst (X-59)
Research and Technology Mission Directorate
Science Mission Directorate
Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)
America’s newest aerospace expo and air show – MAX POWER – is fast approaching, and NASA has announced key events beginning Friday, Nov. 6, and running through Sunday, Nov. 8, hosted on and near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Through multiple park experiences at MAX POWER, NASA and a variety of external collaborators […]
Posted October 30, 2026
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