NASA missions, budgets, astronaut news, and developments from America's space agency.
Artemis II pilot thanks NASA for letting him fly Orion by hand: 'I'm still blown away by that trust'
Astronaut Reid Wiseman, pilot of NASA's Artemis II mission, expressed his gratitude for the agency's confidence in allowing him manual control of the …
'Strap yourself in and feel the Gs': NASA announces 'Max Power' aerospace expo
# NASA Revs Up 'Max Power' Aerospace Expo for November NASA announced a two-day aerospace exposition scheduled for November, adopting a playful name …
NASA Competition Invites Students to Help Imagine a Future Enabled by Lunar Technologies
NASA has opened applications for the 2027 RASC-AL (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage) competition, calling on U.S. collegiat…
NASA Announces MAX POWER: America’s Newest Aerospace Expo, Airshow
NASA unveiled MAX POWER on Friday, a two-day public aerospace exposition scheduled for November 7-8 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The event mark…
NASA’s 737 Reveals New Paint
NASA has begun final preparation of a modified Boeing 737 aircraft that will serve as the agency's next reduced-gravity research platform. The aircraf…
For West Virginia Engineer, Home Is Where the Heart Is… and NASA, Too
Fletcher Newell discovered his life's calling on a fourth-grade field trip to NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facilit…
Paragon lays off staff after Gateway cancellation
Paragon Space Development Corp. laid off staff following NASA's cancellation of the Gateway Power and Propulsion Element contract, marking a significa…
NASA Upgrades Vertical Motion Simulator for Modern Mission Needs
NASA has completed a major upgrade to its Vertical Motion Simulator at the Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, enhancing the facility's…
National lab visit boosts NASA’s confidence in space nuclear propulsion mission
NASA officials visited Idaho National Laboratory to review progress on nuclear thermal propulsion systems, reinforcing the agency's commitment to adva…
Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission
NASA's SkyFall mission is undergoing critical antenna validation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Engineer Maya Román and her …
August 2026 Satellite Puzzler
NASA presents a monthly satellite imagery challenge that tasks observers with identifying Earth locations from space-based photography. The August 202…
Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas
Louisiana students are launching scientific experiments to near-space altitudes using NASA's high-altitude balloon program at the Columbia Scientific …
NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia
NASA inaugurated the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, a wind tunnel built to test aircraft, rock…
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