NASA, International Astronauts to Address Students from New York – NASA

NASA, International Astronauts to Address Students from New York – NASA

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui will connect with students in New York as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 9:20 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 5, and will stream live on the … Read more

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio – NASA

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio – NASA

NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Ohio as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 10:15 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 27, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. Media … Read more

NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions – NASA Science

NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions – NASA Science

Lonnie Shekhtman Aug 21, 2025 NASA’s Artemis II mission, set to send four astronauts on a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon and back, will advance the agency’s goal to land astronauts at the Moon’s south polar region and will help set the stage for future crewed Mars missions. While the Artemis II crew will … Read more

NASA to Announce New Astronaut Class, Preview Artemis II Moon Mission – NASA

NASA to Announce New Astronaut Class, Preview Artemis II Moon Mission – NASA

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Aug. 20 to reflect a change in the Artemis II Science and Technology Briefing participants. Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA is opening media accreditation for multi-day events to introduce America’s newest astronaut class and provide briefings for the Artemis II crewed test flight around the … Read more

Human Rating and NASA-STD-3001 – NASA

Human Rating and NASA-STD-3001 – NASA

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 not only to protect human life but also to accommodate human needs and effectively integrate human capabilities. Human-rating requires … Read more

Countdown to Space Station’s Silver Jubilee with Silver Research – NASA

Countdown to Space Station’s Silver Jubilee with Silver Research – NASA

This November marks a quarter century of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station, which has served as a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA’s next great leaps in exploration, including human missions to the Moon and Mars. To kick off the orbiting laboratory’s silver 25th anniversary countdown, here are a … Read more

NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes – NASA Science

NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes – NASA Science

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon’s south polar region for the first time ever during the Artemis III mission, scientists are working on methods to determine the frequency of moonquakes along active faults there. Faults are cracks in the Moon’s crust that indicate that the Moon is slowly shrinking … Read more

Space Station Cell Studies – NASA

Space Station Cell Studies – NASA

Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things, from single-celled bacteria to plants and animals containing vast numbers of them. Cells have adapted for a wide variety of settings and functions. Nerve cells in humans and animals, for example, have long, thin extensions that rapidly transmit signals, while rigid, blocky cells support the … Read more

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Returns, Splashes Down Off California – NASA

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Returns, Splashes Down Off California – NASA

Editor’s Note: This release was edited Aug. 9, 2025, to update the International Space Station docking port for the Crew-10 mission. The first crew to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program completed the agency’s 10th commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station … Read more

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-10 Return, Splashdown – NASA

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-10 Return, Splashdown – NASA

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 12:05 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 7, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission from the International Space Station. Pending weather conditions, splashdown is targeted at 11:58 a.m., Friday, Aug. 8. Crew-10 will be the first mission to splash down off the California coast for NASA’s … Read more