NASA News and Topics

NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 Mission

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will be the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi are set to launch on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. The astronauts named the spacecraft Resilience, highlighting the dedication the teams involved with the mission have displayed and to demonstrate that when we work together, there is no limit to what we can achieve. 

NASA's SpaceX Crew 1 Mission

Launch Day Rehearsal SpaceX Crew 1

Commercial Crew Press Kit

NASA Artemis

With the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with our commercial and international partners and establish sustainable exploration by 2028. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap which is sending astronauts to Mars. 

Artemis Mission Site 

Artemis Student Challenge – Almost a quarter of a million miles away from home, the Moon’s permanently shadowed regions are the closest extraterrestrial water source. We’ve selected eight university teams to build and test technologies capable of studying the Moon’s darkest areas. 

Artemis Student Challenge Article

Soak Up the Sun

Solar Orbiter, an ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA collaboration, launched last Sunday on a journey to study our closest star. In other Sun science news, our Solar Dynamics Observatory is celebrating a decade in space, keeping a constant eye on the Sun, studying solar activity and space weather. 

The Sun

Record-Setting Astronaut Returns to Earth