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NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies.

Posted May 27, 2026

Kennedy Space Center

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

For Colleges & Universities

Learning Resources

Moon Base

Robotics

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future

Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 2:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, to correct the recipient of the Systems Engineering Leaps and Bounds Award. Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are qualities NASA demands of its hardware, especially as the agency accelerates plans for a permanent Moon Base.

Posted May 27, 2026

Earth Observatory

Landsat 9

Volcanoes

Ever Restless Mount Dukono Erupts

The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.

Posted May 27, 2026

Missions

Artemis

Artemis 3

Johnson Space Center

NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update

NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The event will stream on NASA+ and on the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to […]

Posted May 27, 2026

Learning Resources

In-flight Education Downlinks

International Space Station (ISS)

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York

Students in New York will hear from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir as she answers their prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11:05 p.m.

Posted May 27, 2026

Humans in Space

Artemis

Missions

Moon Base

NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions

Editor’s note: Release was updated May 27, 2026, to provide additional details on the crewed lunar terrain vehicles. During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncrewed cargo landers bound for the Moon. NASA leaders also shared target launch […]

Posted May 26, 2026

Earth

Chennai City Lights

Chennai, on India’s southern coast along the Bay of Bengal and with a metropolitan population of about 8.7 million, shines with white LED streetlights in this photograph taken at approximately 9:13 p.m. local time on May 2, 2026, from the International Space Station. Earth observations from the space station let us see how our planet […]

Posted May 26, 2026

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Science-enabling Technology

Technology Highlights

New Instrument Used Antarctic Ice Sheet to Probe Extreme Universe

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program mission designed to detect the most energetic particles in the universe.

Posted May 26, 2026

Earth Observatory

Landsat 9

Remote Sensing Technology

A Full Moon Checkup

Once a month during the full Moon, Landsat 9 turns from Earth to image the lunar surface, helping keep the spacecraft’s data accurate and consistent.

Posted May 26, 2026

Johnson Space Center

Artemis

Artemis 4

Johnson Flight Operations

People of Johnson

Jaclyn Kagey Shapes Humanity’s Return to the Moon

For Jaclyn Kagey, preparing astronauts to put boots on the Moon is part of her daily work. As the Artemis extravehicular activity lead in NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate, Kagey plays a central role in preparing astronauts to safely explore the lunar surface. During Artemis missions, astronauts will explore the Moon’s South Pole, a region nev

Posted May 26, 2026