Space News
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Thinking of You, Earth
NASA On April 4, 2026, NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the…
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NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows on Saturday, April 4, 2026, looking back at Earth, as the…
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Illuminated in Orion
NASA NASA astronaut Christina Koch reads on a tablet in the dimly lit Orion crew capsule in this April 3, 2026, photo. To the right of the image’s center, CSA…
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NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of new science investigations and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, approaches the International Space Station on Sept. 18,…
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Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers
5 Min Read Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers Artemis science officers, from left, Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia stand at the new SCIENCE console in the…
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Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom
Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) “Liberty Bell 7” spaceflight, enjoys a meal aboard the recovery ship, USS Randolph, following his 15-minute, 37-second suborbital space mission.…
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Hello, World
NASA/Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras…
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Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on…
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NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon
Earth’s crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA For the first time in…
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Artemis II Astronauts Launch to Moon
NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover,…