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Psyche Mission
Description This colorized image of Mars was captured by NASA’s Psyche mission on May 3, 2026, about 3 million miles (4.8 million kilometers) from the planet. The spacecraft is approaching the planet for a gravity assist on May 15 that will give it a boost in speed and adjust its trajectory toward asteroid Psyche for […]
Posted May 8, 2026
Artemis
Artemis 1
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
I Am Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Listen to this audio excerpt from Anton Kiriwas, senior technical integration manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: When Anton Kiriwas first spotted an image of the Moon and Mars hanging over a job fair booth while in college, it captured his imagination, yet felt like a dream too distant to chase. He had no […]
Posted May 8, 2026
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Game Changing Development Program
High-Tech Computing
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Langley Research Center
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions.
Posted May 8, 2026
Earth
The Milky Way
NASA astronaut Chris Williams captured the Milky Way rising above Earth’s atmospheric glow on April 13, 2026, while aboard a SpaceX Dragon docked to the International Space Station. This atmospheric glow is also called airglow. It occurs when atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere, excited by sunlight, emit light to shed their excess energy.
Posted May 8, 2026
General
Artemis
Game Changing Development Program
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Technology for Living in Space
Technology Research
With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle of tubes and wires spiral away from the system, where nearly 270 sensors and 1,000 […]
Posted May 8, 2026
People of NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Leadership
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Headquarters
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA announced Friday that Brian Hughes will return to the agency as senior director of launch operations, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Hughes will provide enterprise-level leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for NASA’s launch infrastructure.
Posted May 8, 2026
A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.
Posted May 8, 2026
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Flight Innovation
NASA Aircraft
NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to support science and aeronautics test missions – continuing the legacy of pioneers like Neil Armstrong.
Posted May 8, 2026
Artemis Accords
Artemis
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
The Republic of Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday during a ceremony in Asunción, becoming the latest nation to commit to the shared principles guiding civil space exploration. “Today, I am proud to welcome Paraguay as the 67th signatory to the Artemis Accords,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
Posted May 7, 2026
Description Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades at high speeds inside the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025.
Posted May 7, 2026
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