NASA News   RELEASE 26-029 APRIL 7, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth  The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Monday, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II mission. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-028 ARPIL 07, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Host Media Call with Artemis II Crew on Way Home from Moon Midway through their lunar observation period on April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew members, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, pause to turn the camera around for a selfie inside the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA Media wi ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-028 APRIL 6, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight .   On Monday, April 6, 2026, six days into the Artemis II mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen surpassed the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance from Earth, which was previously set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. Credit: NASA Four ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-027 APRIL 3, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of new science investigations and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, approaches the International Space Station on Sept. 18, 2025. Credit: NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:49 a.m. EDT on Wednesda ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-027 APRIL 2, 2026 MISSIONS NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon Earth's crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after successfully completing a key burn of Orion’s main engine. &nb ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-026 APRIL 1, 2026 MISSIONS Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission The SLS (Space Launch System) launches with the Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft on April 1, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more t ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-025 MARCH 26, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope stands fully assembled, following the integration of its two major segments, in the clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The mission is slated to launch by May 2027, but the team is on track for launch as early as fall 2026. Credit: NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-026 MARCH 25, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Coverage for First Artemis Crewed Mission Around Moon Artemis II crew members CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman walk out of the astronaut crew quarters inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Artemis crew transportation vehicles prior to traveling to Launch Pad 39B as part of a ...Continue Reading

Sent using nasa.gov email in the from: NASA News   RELEASE 26-026 MARCH 24, 2026 ABOUT NASA NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy Artist's concept of Phase 3 of NASA's Moon Base. Credit: NASA As part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy a ...Continue Reading

Sent using nasa.gov email in the from: NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-024 MARCH 23, 2026 ABOUT NASA NASA to Provide Update on Implementation of National Space Policy NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during a workforce Q&A session, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Glenn marks the eleventh stop in Isaacman’s roadshow to visit NASA facilities and engage directly with the agency’s ...Continue Reading