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Get In, We’re Going to the Moon: Meet NASA’s Artemis Closeout Crew

Get In, We’re Going to the Moon: Meet NASA’s Artemis Closeout Crew

NASA December 23, 2025
For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the Moon, the process of getting inside...
Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch

Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch

NASA December 23, 2025
NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis ...
I Am Artemis: Grace Lauderdale

I Am Artemis: Grace Lauderdale

NASA December 23, 2025
Listen to this audio excerpt from Grace Lauderdale, exploration project manager for the Training Systems Office at NASA Johnson: In preparation for ...
NASA Kennedy Top 20 Stories of 2025

NASA Kennedy Top 20 Stories of 2025

NASA December 22, 2025
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent 2025 preparing the launch vehicle and its powerhouse SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to launc...
NASA Langley begins plume surface interaction tests to support future lunar landings

NASA Langley begins plume surface interaction tests to support future lunar landings

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2025 NASA's Langley Research Center has begun a new series of plume surface interaction tests aimed at improving unders...
Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration

Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration

NASA December 20, 2025
The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II test flight depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building a...
Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission

Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission

NASA December 19, 2025
NASA engineers are laying the foundation for the moonwalks the first woman and next man will conduct when they land on the lunar South Pole in 2024 as...
NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones

NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones

NASA December 19, 2025
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission ...
Trump shifts priority to Moon mission, not Mars

Trump shifts priority to Moon mission, not Mars

SpaceDaily December 19, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the Moon as s...
Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later

Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later

Arstechnica December 18, 2025
Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too.
Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge

Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge

NASA December 18, 2025
Whose Moon Mascot design will join the Artemis II astronauts on their historic voyage around the Moon in early 2026? Between March 7 and Jun. 16, 2025...
NASA’s Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time

NASA’s Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time

NASA December 18, 2025
Like a game of cosmic bumper cars, scientists think the early days of our solar system were a time of violent turmoil, with planetesimals, asteroids, ...
Titan interior study points to thick slushy ice shell instead of global ocean

Titan interior study points to thick slushy ice shell instead of global ocean

SpaceDaily December 18, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Careful reanalysis of measurements gathered more than a decade ago indicates that Saturn's largest moon, Titan,...
Sandia centrifuge campaign clears NASA VIPER rover for lunar launch

Sandia centrifuge campaign clears NASA VIPER rover for lunar launch

SpaceDaily December 18, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, has cleared a major test campaign at Sandia N...
Billionaire Trump nominee confirmed to lead NASA amid Moon race

Billionaire Trump nominee confirmed to lead NASA amid Moon race

SpaceDaily December 18, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 The US Senate on Wednesday approved President Donald Trump's re-nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacm...
Things to come: Important bellwethers for space exploration in 2026

Things to come: Important bellwethers for space exploration in 2026

SpaceNews December 17, 2025
NASA is at an inflection point. 2026 will now begin with a newly-confirmed Jared Isaacman as a NASA Administrator with the White House directive to b...
NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean

NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean

NASA December 17, 2025
A key discovery from NASA’s Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn’s largest moon Titan may have a vast water ocean below its hydrocarbon-rich su...
Carruthers observatory returns first ultraviolet views of Earth and Moon

Carruthers observatory returns first ultraviolet views of Earth and Moon

SpaceDaily December 17, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has captured its first images from space, providing ultraviolet views of E...
Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbit

Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbit

NASA December 16, 2025
After 25 years of continuous human presence in space, the International Space Station remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, e...
NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025

NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025

NASA December 16, 2025
With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II test flight early next year, which is t...