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Extreme Weather Events

Snow

Snow Buries Kamchatka

December and January brought a series of intense winter storms to the peninsula in far eastern Russia.

Posted January 22, 2026

Artemis 2

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Orion Program

NASA’s Artemis II Mission to Fly Legacy Keepsakes with Astronaut Crew

As America approaches its 250th anniversary of declaring independence, NASA’s Artemis II mission will carry a host of mementos that reflect the nation’s long tradition of exploration, innovation, and leadership in its official flight kit.

Posted January 22, 2026

Marshall Space Flight Center

Commercial Crew

International Space Station (ISS)

NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall

NASA will host two astronauts at 10 a.m. CST Friday, Jan. 23, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Posted January 21, 2026

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

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Science Activation

Students Across New England Contribute to Climate Science Through NASA’s GLOBE Green Down

In fall 2025, more than 50 educators and over 1,500 young people across Maine and New Hampshire participated in NASA’s Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Green Down, a citizen science (also known as participatory science or community science) initiative that engages students and volunteers in tracking seasonal change

Posted January 21, 2026

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Grades 5 - 8 for Educators

Grades 9-12 for Educators

Grades K - 4 for Educators

Science Activation

NASA’s Universe of Learning Unveils Fresh Facilitator Guides Inspired by Community Feedback

The goal of NASA’s Universe of Learning (UoL) is to connect the public to the data, discoveries, and experts that span NASA’s Astrophysics missions. To make this possible, the NASA’s UoL team creates engaging STEM experiences that let people explore data and discoveries from NASA’s Astrophysics missions and learn from the experts behind them.

Posted January 21, 2026

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Aeronautics Technology

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Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Langley Research Center

NASA Tests Technology Offering Potential Fuel Savings for Commercial Aviation

NASA researchers successfully completed a high-speed taxi test of a scale model of a design that could make future aircraft more efficient by improving how air flows across a wing’s surface, saving fuel and money. On Jan. 12, the Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) test article reached speeds of approximately 144 mph, marking its […]

Posted January 21, 2026

Artemis 2

NASA’s Artemis II Rocket and Spacecraft Make Their Way to Launch Pad

This Jan. 17, 2026, image shows NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted January 21, 2026

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Protostars

Science & Research

Stars

The Universe

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require intense heat to form and these “dirty snowballs” spend most of their time in the ultracold Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Now, looking outside our solar system, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope […]

Posted January 21, 2026

Earth Observatory

Wildfires

Fires Erupt in South-Central Chile

Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions.

Posted January 21, 2026

NASA Headquarters

Ames Research Center

Apollo 1

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Shuttle

Stennis Space Center

NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration

NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 22, which includes commemorating the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. The event is traditionally held every year on the fourth Thursday of January, as all three astronaut accidents happened around the end of the month. “On NASA’s Day […]

Posted January 21, 2026