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Earth Observatory

Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)

Landsat 9

Sea Ice

Cracking Antarctic Sea Ice

Icebreakers play a critical role in delivering supplies to America’s largest research base in Antarctica.

Posted February 3, 2026

In-flight Education Downlinks

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

NASA STEM Projects

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Pennsylvania

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will connect with students in Pennsylvania to answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 12:20 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 5, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel.

Posted February 3, 2026

Artemis

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft at Launch Pad

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will carry the Artemis II crew around the Moon, sits at the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026, after rollout. It rests atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Orion can provide living space on missions for four astronauts for up to 21 days without docking to another spacecraft. Advances in technology […]

Posted February 2, 2026

Artemis

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

NASA to Discuss Early Results of Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated at on Feb. 3, 2026, to reflect a change in the start of the news conference and its participants, as well as removing a placeholder for a crew media gaggle. Following a fueling test of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at the launch pad for the Artemis II […]

Posted February 2, 2026

Earth Observatory

Land Cover

Land Use

Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)

Landsat 9

Snow

Uncategorized

Vegetation

Seasons Change in Southwest Virginia

From autumn color to a winter-white finish, forested areas around Blacksburg trade foliage for snow over the span of two months.

Posted February 2, 2026

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Space

Private Astronaut Missions

NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station

NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a distant promise, but a present […]

Posted January 31, 2026

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

JPSS-4

Langley Research Center

Libera

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Science Instruments

NASA Earth Energy Instrument Completes Testing, Ready for Delivery

NASA’s Libera instrument, which is designed to maintain the global data record of Earth’s radiation budget, has successfully completed comprehensive environmental testing. This critical milestone included thermal vacuum tests that simulate the expected space temperature and environments that Libera will experience during its mission.

Posted January 31, 2026

Aeronautics

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Hypersonic Technology

Supersonic Flight

NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards

While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an even faster era of flight – one of vehicles that can fly hypersonic, or five times the speed of sound. And to further that vision, NASA has issued two awards for studies into vehicle concepts. […]

Posted January 30, 2026

Photojournal

Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars

Description This animation of NASA’s Perseverance was created with the Caspian visualization tool using data acquired during an 807-foot (246-meter) drive on the rim of Jezero Crater made by the rover on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Posted January 30, 2026

Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL)

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Honor Awards for Cold Atom Lab Team Members

NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA’s mission. Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements demonstrate the individual’s effectiveness in advancing NASA’s goals and image in present and future terms.

Posted January 30, 2026