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3 Min Read How a Johnson Mentor Shapes the Next Generation of NASA Talent Daniel Cohen, Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, leads an outdoor orbital mechanics lesson for interns on Oct. 9, 2026.

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1 Min Read NASA’s Perseverance Views Dust at Neretva Vallis PIA26816 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Perseverance… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Dow…

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6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This 360-degree panorama from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Neretva Vallis, the dusty, long-dried river channel that cuts through the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater.

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1 Min Read Solar Cells Inspected on NASA’s NEO Surveyor PIA26715 Credits: BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Solar Cells Inspected on… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS

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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Members of the media are invited to tour a new lunar landing simulation at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on Thursday, Oct. 29, and Friday, Oct. 30.

NASA/Carla Escamilla NASA 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.

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7 Min Read NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions As 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

Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history.

4 min read NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth’s surface.

NASA/Danny Nowlin Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia.

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Members 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.

NASA, ESA, Michael Jones (California Institute of Technology); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Oct. 16, 2026, features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827,

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Dear NASA Science Community, NASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions.

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA conducts a hot fire of RS-25 engine No. 10001 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Clockwise from top: Caltech graduate students and friends carry out their first rocket firing on Halloween, 1936, in a dry riverbed along which JPL would rise.

NASA’s Freedom 250 F-5 team, including NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, performs a flyover during the national anthem at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sept. 27, 2026, in Cleveland.

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NASA/Anil Menon NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Oct. 9, 2026, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink and then filling a special cartridge with the…

Explore This Section Overview Technology Programs Technology Highlights Workshops and Events Publications From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time.

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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Oct. 15, 2026, and has been updated to correct the location of the flights.

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Space Reactor-1 Freedom will be the first spacecraft ever to demonstrate fission power beyond Earth’s orbit, traveling to Mars to deliver a science payload called SkyFall.

Ingenuity roamx-0201 Ingenuity roamx-0201 Ingenuity roamx-0201 Curtain Toggle 2-Up Image Details Rotor blade cross-sections highlight the thinner profile of the roamx-0201 design (right) compared to the more traditional, rounded shape used by NASA’s Ingen…

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artist’s rendering of astronauts working next to a lunar terrain vehicle on the lunar surface.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129.

Credit: NASA The Republic of Uzbekistan became the 77th signatory of the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Samarkand on Monday, committing to the practical principles that guide safe, transparent, and responsible civil space exploration.

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Stirling Allen, part of the Dynamic Environments Group with NASA’s Launch Services Program Office, showcases a commercial digital software at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Research teams at NASA’s Glenn Research Center are involved in developing theory and software to predict the noise from aircraft engines.

8 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Research teams at the NASA Glenn Research Center perform experiments in world-class facilities such as the 9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9 x15 LSWT), the Aero-Acoustic…

Members of NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 2 crew stands in their workspace after spending a year in their isolated and confined habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.