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  • NASA Hosts 2026 Review on Advanced Composite Manufacturing NASA · 4 Jun 2026 NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project brought together its full team of Advanced Composites Consortium partners for a 2026 spring review at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. T...
  • NASA head urges new launcher for Blue Origin’s moon landers to meet Artemis mission deadlines Spaceflight Now · 4 Jun 2026 The change was confirmed by the agency a week after a New Glenn testing explosion destroyed the rocket and damaged Launch Complex 36.
  • NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll NASA · 4 Jun 2026 Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames.
  • Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter NASA · 4 Jun 2026 NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from...
  • NASA working to streamline development of nuclear electric propulsion demo mission SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2026 NASA is working on a streamlined management approach for a nuclear electric propulsion demonstration mission the agency wants to launch in two and a half years.
  • NASA declares end to MAVEN Mars mission SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2026 NASA has formally ended a Mars mission that has been out of contact for six months while the investigation into the spacecraft’s demise continues.
  • NASA Finds New Way Earth May Have Received Elements Needed for Life NASA · 3 Jun 2026 NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary for the planet to become habitable. They also suggest a new role for Jupiter in the distribution...
  • Journey to the Center of the Virgo Cluster NASA · 3 Jun 2026 The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 29, 2026, is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), also known as NGC 4501, is loc...
  • NASA Drains 66-Million-Gallon Reservoir to Upgrade Critical Water System NASA · 3 Jun 2026 A powerful but mostly unseen water system at work during rocket engine tests at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, underwent an upgrade in May. Crews brought the High Pressure Industrial Water F...
  • NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call Today NASA · 3 Jun 2026 The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary,...
  • NASA Sets Launch Date for Roman Space Telescope SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Jun 2026 NASA is moving up the launch date for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. In April, the agency said it would lift off in early September, but NASA Administrator Jared
  • NASA Space Roboticist Challenge NASA · 2 Jun 2026 The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic arm to a select group of U.S. researchers — principal investig...
  • Look Up! NASA · 2 Jun 2026 Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon...
  • NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base NASA · 2 Jun 2026 A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for long-duration missions on the Moon and Mars departed the spaceport and arrived at the University of North Dak...
  • NASA abandons ‘core module’ concept for commercial space station development SpaceNews · 2 Jun 2026 NASA is withdrawing a proposal to revamp its strategy for transitioning from the International Space Station to commercial stations, one that had been criticized by the companies developing such stations.
  • NASA Agrees with Industry, Keep CLD Program As Is SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Jun 2026 NASA is backing off its March announcement proposing a significant change to ensuring that at least one commercial space station is ready to replace the International Space Station (ISS) at
  • NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft NASA · 1 Jun 2026 NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, C...
  • NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy NASA · 1 Jun 2026 Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge...
  • NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston NASA · 1 Jun 2026 Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, June 13. During the mission, select maneu...
  • What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 1 Jun 2026 Venus and Jupiter meet after sunset, the Moon passes in front of Venus, summer begins, and deep-sky treasures rise into view.
  • Op-Ed: Misuse of Commercial Programs Sets NASA Up for Failure Space Scout · 1 Jun 2026 Despite Starliner being perhaps the most visible example of a commercial program gone wrong, it is far from unique in its problems.
  • Flight Log—About Pilots NASA · 1 Jun 2026 Introduction From the first glider flight to the first powered flight, aviation pioneers have paved the way for remarkable innovations in flight. At NASA, our pilots conduct research, study wildfires, and support unmanne...
  • Pretty in Pink NASA · 1 Jun 2026 This image of Westerlund 2 released on March 19, 2026, features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and infrared data from NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue). Scores of gleaming star...
  • Ancient black hole sheds new light on Webb’s Little Red Dots NASASpaceflight · 31 May 2026 Using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, an international team…
  • NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure NASA · 29 May 2026 NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract su...
  • NASA Hosts SpaceX Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event at Headquarters NASA · 29 May 2026 NASA will host a public event featuring three crew members from the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, June 1. The event, which takes place during the crew’s standard postflight visit, will be held in...
  • NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look NASA · 29 May 2026 Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed their final inspection of a key element for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the primary mirror. This 7.9-foot (2.4-me...
  • Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy NASA · 29 May 2026 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 27, 2026, features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter and some 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Maj...
  • Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster NASA · 29 May 2026 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the active spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88), located about 63 million light-years away.
  • Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket just exploded during a static fire test Ars Technica · 29 May 2026 New Glenn was due to play a starring role in NASA's Artemis Program.
  • NASA’s X-59 Prepares for First Supersonic Flight NASA · 28 May 2026 NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is preparing for some of its most significant flights yet. The X-plane is about to begin a new block of test flights that will include its first time flying faster than the...
  • I Am Artemis: Daniel Stubbs NASA · 28 May 2026 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 Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate NASA · 28 May 2026 Scientists analyzed 20 Martian samples collected by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and found that differences in hematite crystallite size at varying elevations could serve as a new mineralogical marker for understanding Mars’ a...
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Poster NASA · 28 May 2026 NASA/Jenny Mottar Downloads Print high resolution PDF May 28, 2026 PDF (144.47 MB) Print high resolution image May 28, 2026 PNG (45.60 MB) Smaller image for web view May 28, 2026 PNG (3.75 MB)
  • Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Kenny Heckle NASA · 28 May 2026 Kenny Heckle grew up in Orlando, just west of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An 80s child, he comes from a long line of union pipefitters and fabricators. Heckle recalls the day 42 years ago at KARS Park, which...
  • NASA Astronaut Andrew Morgan Retires NASA · 28 May 2026 May 28, 2026 After a 12-year career at NASA, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Andrew R. Morgan has retired from the agency to continue his military service. Morgan spent 272 days in space aboard the International Space Station. NASA...
  • Going Low and Slow in Testing NASA · 28 May 2026 NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 28, 2026, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in suppor...
  • NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds NASA · 28 May 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists expect the mission to reveal around 100,000 worlds — a staggering l...
  • How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines NASA · 28 May 2026 Tens of thousands of abandoned mines threaten waterways across the American West, but identifying which sites urgently need cleanup is slow and expensive. Now, NASA’s EMIT instrument can analyze the unique light signatur...
  • NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety NASA · 27 May 2026 With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dang...

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