Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge

NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander Challenge.

Posted June 26, 2026

Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)

Marshall Space Flight Center

Missions

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA Tests New Refuel Device for Future In-Space Refueling Missions

For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Similar to how a gas pump needs a nozzle to fit your fuel tank, future spacecraft could require a special device in order to fill up prior to departure, known as […]

Posted June 26, 2026

I Am Artemis

Artemis

Human Landing System Program

Marshall Space Flight Center

I Am Artemis: Daniel Stubbs

Listen to this audio excerpt from Daniel Stubbs, NASA aerospace engineer: If you’ve driven through a cloud of dust and dirt that temporarily obscured your view, you’ve gotten a partial picture of a potential problem that NASA’s human landing systems for Artemis will face when they land on the Moon. Daniel Stubbs, an aerospace engineer […]

Posted May 29, 2026

Artemis

Artemis 2

Artemis 3

Artemis 4

Artemis 5

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Seeks Interest for Artemis Mission CubeSats

Organizations interested in launching CubeSats on future Artemis missions should respond to NASA’s request for information (RFI) by Monday, June 1, for initial consideration.

Posted May 21, 2026

Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA, Industry Prepare Cryogenic Fuel Technology Demo

NASA is collaborating with Eta Space of Rockledge, Florida, on an in‑orbit technology demonstration to advance a key capability for future deep space missions.

Posted May 14, 2026

Human Landing System Program

Artemis

General

Johnson Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Industry Moon Lander Training Cabin Lands at NASA for Artemis

A full-scale mock-up of a crew cabin for a future industry lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program now is operational for training and testing. The agency and its industry partners will use Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 crew cabin for mission simulations as the agency prepares to dock with landers in Earth orbit in […]

Posted May 7, 2026

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Technology

NASA-Supported Small Spacecraft Launches to Study Solar Particles

Through NASA, a university-designed small spacecraft is paving the way to studying particles, known as neutrinos, that move through the universe at near-light speeds. The Solar Neutrino Astro-Particle PhYsics CubeSat, known as SNAPPY, launched at 12 a.m.

Posted May 7, 2026

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Universe

NASA Connects Little Red Dots with Chandra, Webb

A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. A “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory could explain what the hundreds or potentially thousands of these objects are. A paper describing the […]

Posted April 28, 2026

Technology Demonstration

Glenn Research Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. On Feb. 24, for the first time in years and at power levels exceeding any previous test in the United States, a team fired up […]

Posted April 28, 2026

General

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Glenn Research Center

Human Space Travel Research

Humans in Space

Johnson Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

Science & Research

Technology

Technology for Space Travel

Liquid Lifeline: NASA Tech Could Create IV Fluid In Space

On every crewed mission, NASA packs pouches of a potentially life-saving liquid in its cargo, known as IV (or intravenous) fluid. A simple mix of sodium chloride and purified water, it can treat up to 30% of medical conditions in flight, resolving things like dehydration, burns, and more. Crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit into […]

Posted April 23, 2026