NASA News   RELEASE 25-061 SEPT. 10, 2025 SCIENCE NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year   NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered leopard spots on a reddish rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” in Mars’ Jezero Crater in July 2024. Scientists think the spots may indicate that, billions of years ago, the chemical reactions in this rock could have supported microbial life; other explanations are being considered. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-093 SEPT. 10, 2025 SCIENCE NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding    NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on September 10, 2021, the 198th Martian day, or sol of its mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-060 SEPT. 9, 2025 MISSIONS Launch Your Name Around Moon in 2026 on NASA’s Artemis II Mission    Boarding passes will carry participants' names on NASA's Artemis II mission in 2026. Credit: NASA NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. As part of the agency’s “Send Your Name with Artemis II” effor ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-091 SEPT. 8, 2025 SCIENCE NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman CRS-23, SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft awaits its capture by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, commanded by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 6:11 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept. 14, for the next launch to deliver science investi ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-090 SEPT. 8, 2025 SCIENCE NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding    NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on September 10, 2021, the 198th Martian day, or sol of its mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 10, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is t ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-089 SEPT. 5, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 93 Launch, Space Station Docking   The Roscosmos Progress 92 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 5, 2025, for an automated docking to the orbital complex’s Poisk module. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fue ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-059 SEPT. 3, 2025 Acting NASA Administrator Duffy Selects Exploration-Focused Associate Administrator   Amit Kshatriya Credit: NASA Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy Wednesday named Amit Kshatriya as the new associate administrator of NASA, the agency’s top civil service role.   A 20-year NASA veteran, Kshatriya was most recently the deputy in charge of the Moon to Mars Program in the Exploration ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-021 AUG. 28, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Awards Spaceflight Operations, Systems Organization Contract   Credit: NASA NASA has awarded ASCEND Aerospace & Technology of Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS), to provide services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The COSMOS is a single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity con ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-088 AUG. 28, 2025 SCIENCE NASA Invites Media to Learn About New Missions to Map Sun’s Influence   NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble created by the solar wind that protects our solar system from cosmic radiation. Credit: NASA/Princeton/Patrick McPike NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 4, to ...Continue Reading

NASA, International Astronauts to Address Students from New York NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-087 AUG. 28, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA, International Astronauts to Address Students from New York   From left to right: JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim (seated), Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke conduct training scenarios with their instructors at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in H ...Continue Reading