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Anil Menon
International Space Station (ISS)
From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival aboard the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the space station on July 14, 2026, after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]
Posted July 24, 2026
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Research and Technology Mission Directorate
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
NASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program and Moon Base, including orbital assets and demonstrations.
Posted July 24, 2026
Missions
Artemis
Stennis Space Center
NASA and Blue Origin announced Friday they recently agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the company’s New Glenn rocket on the B-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The annex to a reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed earlier this month highlights NASA’s commitment to working […]
Posted July 24, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
This Hubble image features spiral galaxy NGC 4654, located 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden).
Posted July 24, 2026
Earth Observatory
Human Dimensions
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Utah’s new solar power and battery storage facility is among the largest in the region.
Posted July 24, 2026
Blogs
Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, July 17, 2026 As an APXS uplink lead and strategic planner, I have the privilege of working with the rover engineers most days that I am on operations.
Posted July 24, 2026
NASA+
Continuing agency efforts to bring space closer to home, NASA+ is heading to more streaming platforms. On Thursday, NASA announced its programming is on Fire TV Channels. Fire TV customers can easily access this content by asking Alexa+ on compatible devices. Future programming on Fire TV may include science mission launches, a test flight for […]
Posted July 23, 2026
Artemis 4
Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall Artemis IV liquid hydrogen tank out of a production cell inside the main factory building into a detached test building on a separate portion of the 829-acre site on May 15, 2026. The liquid hydrogen tank will form part of the core stage for […]
Posted July 23, 2026
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mars
Mars Exploration Program
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Planetary Science Division
Planets
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to Earth-based auroras. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into E
Posted July 23, 2026
ISS Research
International Space Station (ISS)
After eight months aboard the International Space Station for his first mission, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is preparing to return to Earth.
Posted July 23, 2026
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