NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-097 NOV. 14, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Sets Launch Coverage for International Ocean Tracking Mission   In this artist’s concept, the ocean-observing satellite Sentinel-6B orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and ocean data to protect coas ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-068 NOV. 13, 2025 MISSIONS NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind   NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission launched at 3:55 p.m. EST atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit: Blue Origin A pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-098 SEPT. 30, 2025 SCIENCE NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to Attend Mars Mission Launch    A stylized illustration shows the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft entering Mars’ orbit. Credits: James Rattray/Rocket Lab USA NASA and Blue Origin are reopening media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission. The twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will study the solar wind’s interacti ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-067 SEPT. 30, 2025 MISSIONS NASA, International Partners Deepen Commitment to Artemis Accords   Representatives of the Artemis Accords signatories, including acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, met Sept. 29, 2025, for a principals meeting during the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Sydney. Credit: NASA/Max van Otterdyk NASA, along with leaders from glob ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-066 SEPT. 25, 2025 SCIENCE NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface    Captured on Aug. 21, this image from NISAR’s L-band radar shows Maine’s Mount Desert Island. Green indicates forest; magenta represents hard or regular surfaces, like bare ground and buildings. The magenta area on the island’s northeast end is the town of Bar Harbor. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-096 SEPT. 25, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Upcoming Launch, Mission   NASA astronaut Chris Williams poses for an official portrait at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 1, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to highlight the upcoming mission of astronaut Chris Williams to the In ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-022 SEPT. 24, 2025 SCIENCE NASA Awards Atmosphere Research Support Contract   Credit: NASA NASA has selected Science and Technology Corp. of Columbia, Maryland, to support atmospheric science research and development at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Atmosphere Support is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximu ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-065 SEPT. 24, 2025 TECHNOLOGY NASA Awards Company to Attempt Swift Spacecraft Orbit Boost    NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, shown in this artist’s concept, orbits Earth as it studies the ever-changing universe. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to raise a spacecraft's ...Continue Reading

NASA Highlights Space Innovation, Exploration at Space Conference NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-095 SEPT. 24, 2025 NASA Highlights Space Innovation, Exploration at Space Conference   Attendees are seen by the NASA exhibit at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Led by acti ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-064 SEPT. 24, 2025 MISSIONS NASA, NOAA Launch Three Spacecraft to Map Sun’s Influence Across Space   A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) missions launches from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Credit: NASA ...Continue Reading