NASA News   NEWS RELEASE 26-035 APRIL 20, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage NASA moved the core stage, or the largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility to the agency’s Pegasus barge in New Orleans on April 20. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker Following the recent successful test flight of NASA’s ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-033 APRIL 20, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 34th Resupply Launch to Space Station A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is photographed on Aug. 25, 2025, with its nosecone open and carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware as NASA’s SpaceX CRS-33 mission approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. Both spacecraft were flying 259 miles above ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-034 APRIL 20, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory   Latvia’s Minister for Education and Science Dace Melbārde, second from right, signs the Artemis Accords, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg, left, and chargé d’affaires a.i. at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States Jānis Beķeris, rig ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-033 APRIL 17, 2026 CAREERS NASA, OPM Announce New NASA Force Website, Open Job Applications NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management opened a new NASA Force website on Friday, April 17, 2026.   Credit: NASA NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched the NASA Force website on Friday, opening applications for roles aimed at recruiting the nation’s top engineers and technologists to ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-030 APRIL 16, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Invites Media to Latvia Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony Credit: NASA The Republic of Latvia will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, April 20, at NASA Headquarters in Washington.   NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s minister for education and science; Jānis Beķeris, chargé d’affaires at the Embassy ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-032 APRIL 15, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Selects Voyager for Seventh Private Mission to Space Station Credit: NASA NASA and Voyager Technologies have signed an order for the seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than 2028 from Florida.   This is the company's first selection for a private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, underscoring NASA’s ongoing ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-029 APRIL 13, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Invites Media to Rollout Event for Artemis III Moon Rocket Stage Pictured above is the top four-fifths of the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage – the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, and forward skirt. NASA will roll the largest section of the agency’s SLS rocket that will launch the second crewed Artemis mission under the Artemis III mission out of NASA’ ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-004 APRIL 13, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Awards Data Engineering, Informatics Support Contract   Credit: NASA NASA has selected Development Seed of Washington to provide research and development services to the Office of Data Science and Informatics (ODSI) at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.   The award is a performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract wi ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-028 APRIL 13, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Host Artemis II Crew Postflight News Conference NASA’s Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, shared brief remarks with friends, family, and colleagues after they landed at Ellington Airport near the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, April 11, 2026, after a nearly 10-day j ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-031 APRIL 11, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Science, Cargo Launch Aboard Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft launches atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 11, 2026. Credit: NASA NASA is sending more science, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies to the International Space Station following the successful launch of the agency’s Northrop Grumman ...Continue Reading