News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Invites Media to Crew Completion of Yearlong Mars SimulationThe four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated NASA Mars mission for more than a year will exit their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of isolation in a facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Health and performance data collected from the simulation can help NASA develop methods […]Read the full story →Lauren E. Low · October 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA’s Neo Surveyor SunshadeA technician inspects the large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission in this image released on Oct. 26, 2026. The sunshade structure, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall and measures 8 feet (2.4 meters) wide at its base, will keep the infrared space telescope cool as it searches for near-Earth asteroids and […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · October 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Invites Media to Moon Landing Simulation Experience in CaliforniaMembers of the media are invited to tour a new lunar landing simulator at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley on Thursday, Oct. 29, and Friday, Oct. 30.Read the full story →Jeanne Neal · October 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA’s X-59 Aircraft and Test PilotNASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2026. The X-59 has flown numerous times since its inaugural flight in November 2025; its first supersonic flight was on June 5, 2026. Lippert took off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · October 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA, USDA Sign Agreement Advancing Earth Science, AgricultureNASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding cooperation in Earth observation, geospatial analytics, and advanced data technologies, supporting USDA’s data modernization plan for United States agriculture. “NASA develops some of the most advanced sensing, computing, and analytical capabilities in the world, and we should put those tools […]Read the full story →Jennifer M. Dooren · October 26, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon MissionsAs NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing system providers Blue Origin and SpaceX have streamlined the designs and changed both concepts of operations for its future crewed landers. Since NASA established initial contracts with Blue Origin and SpaceX […]Read the full story →Lee Mohon · October 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander OperationsBefore astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history. Launching in 2027, Artemis III will send NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano aboard the Orion spacecraft into low Earth orbit […]Read the full story →Jason Costa · October 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyRS-25 Engine Tests at NASA StennisTeams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026. The hot fire test lasted for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, with a 111% power level. For each […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · October 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA, Virginia Launch Power Partnership for Energy SecurityNASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is partnering with the Virginia Department of Energy to support informed decisions for effective energy generation, delivery and use by providing solar, meteorological, and future weather risk datasets for energy system modeling and planning purposes. Under a new […]Read the full story →Holly Rink · October 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Invites Media to 2026 von Braun Space Exploration SymposiumMembers of the media are invited to join NASA at the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from Monday, Oct. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This year’s symposium is focused on humanity’s return to the Moon, sustainable lunar infrastructure, advanced space propulsion, and the evolving space workforce. Panels […]Read the full story →Lee Mohon · October 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologySpiral’s EdgeThis NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Oct. 16, 2026, features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove. Hubble captured the image as part of a survey looking at 260 satellite galaxies around 22 Milky Way-like host galaxies within a radius of […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · October 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis MissionsNASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. During […]Read the full story →LaToya Dean · October 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
