Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA is down to 25 finalists for the Artemis II zero gravity indicator set to fly with the mission’s crew around the Moon and back next year. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina…

While the Artemis II crew will be the first humans to test NASA’s Orion spacecraft in space, they will also conduct science investigations that will inform future deep space missions, including a lunar science investigation as Orion flies about 4,000…

Nota del editor: Esta nota de medios fue actualizada el 22 de agosto de 2025 para reflejar cambios en los horarios de eventos.  Nota del editor: Esta nota de medios fue actualizada el 20 de agosto para reflejar un cambio…

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Aug. 22, 2025, to reflect updated event times. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Aug. 20, 2025, to reflect a change in the Artemis II Science and Technology Briefing participants. Lee esta…

Tess Caswell supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a capsule communicator, or capcom, and helps plan and train for future spacewalks with the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) team in the Flight Operations Directorate. She…

By Corinne BeckingerWhen Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s South Pole in a commercial human landing system, they will encounter a landscape pockmarked with deep craters, sloped connecting ridges, and harsh lighting conditions. The Moon’s lack of contrast, combined with…

NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, and Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, walk on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 12,…

What is Human Rating? Human-rating is a critical certification process that validates the safety, reliability, and suitability of space systems—including orbiters, launch vehicles, rovers, spacesuits, habitats, and other crewed elements—for human use and interaction. This process ensures that systems are designed…

NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Minnesota as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday,…

Editor’s note: This article was updated on Aug. 21, 2025 to correct NASA’s target date for placing a nuclear reactor on the Moon. As part of the agency’s initiative to return humanity to the Moon and eventually send the first…

Moonquakes pose little risk to astronauts during a mission lasting just a few days. But their effects on longer-term lunar surface assets could be significant.

NASA project scientists Maria Banks and Sue Lederer revisit recent Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions and discuss research on the Moon. HWHAP 396.

The first crew slated to fly in NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission around the Moon early next year entered their spacecraft for a multi-day training at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew donned their spacesuits…

Before astronauts venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the agency’s first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo, Mark Cavanaugh is helping make sure the Orion spacecraft is safe and space-ready for the journey ahead.   As an Orion integration…

The lunar surface is uneven, rocky, and unforgiving. Landing deliveries safely and securely requires acute awareness of the terrain and its response to a lander’s descent plumes. Our science payloads on CT-3 will provide thorough descent data that will benefit…

On May 8, 2022, NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems’ Program Manager Shawn Quinn captured this crop of a full frame image of the Hadley–Apennine region of Earth’s Moon including the Apollo 15 landing site (very near the edge of the shadow…

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, $176.7 million to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to explore more…

NASA’s Artemis II Flight Director Jeff Radigan shares what it takes to lead the first human mission of the Artemis program around the Moon. HWHAP 394.

We are seeking virtual panelists and/or external (email) reviewers for the Artemis III Participating Scientist Program (ROSES F.15). Signing up does not commit you to serve, nor is NASA obligated to ask/invite you. If you are a funded team member on proposal…

NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the Moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) and one for a future orbital opportunity. The LTV is part of NASA’s efforts to explore the lunar surface…

Listen to this audio excerpt from Joe Pavicic, Artemis operations project engineer Joe Pavicic will never forget when he told the Artemis launch director teams were NO-GO for launch. Before Artemis I lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…

As humanity prepares to return to the lunar surface, Aaisha Ali is behind the scenes ensuring mission readiness for astronauts set to orbit the Moon during Artemis II.  Ali is the Artemis ground control flight lead at NASA’s Johnson Space…

La Luna no solo conserva secretos del pasado de la Tierra, sino que representa el próximo capítulo en nuestra aventura espacial. En este episodio, descubre cómo los hallazgos de misiones robóticas están allanando el camino para el regreso de la…

NASA’s Human Lander Challenge marked its second year on June 26, awarding $18,000 in prize money to three university teams for their solutions for long-duration cryogenic, or super chilled, liquid storage and transfer systems for spaceflight. Building on the crewed…

Enhanced navigational accuracy is giving NASA the flexibility to place landers in the most geologically interesting places on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. To accomplish this, the Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL), developed at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia,…