NASA News   RELEASE 26-024 MARCH 9, 2026 NASA Armstrong Director Brad Flick to Retire After 40 Years of Service Portrait of Brad Flick. Credit: NASA On Monday, NASA announced Bradley Flick, director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, will retire Thursday, March 19, after a nearly 40-year career advancing aeronautics and flight research. Flick began his NASA journey in 1986 as a flight systems engineer a ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-017 MARCH 9, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York NASA astronaut Chris Williams calls mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training while inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir Students in New York will hear from NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams as they answer prerecorded science ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-020 MARCH 6, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Station Resupply Launch Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo craft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictured moments before its capture with the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Both spacecraft were orbiting 257 miles above Namibia. Cygnus XL is Northrop Grumman's expanded version of its p ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-018 MARCH 6, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cargo Spacecraft Departure  Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft, loaded with more than 11,000 pounds of science and supplies for Expedition 73, is seen grasped by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 after its capture on Sept. 18, 2025, as both spacecraft orbited 257 miles above Tanzania. Credit: NASA After delivering more tha ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-023 MARCH, 4, 2026 TECHNOLOGY NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program Credit: NASA The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative designed to recruit and deploy the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s space program.   NASA Force will identify and place high-i ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-022 FEB. 27, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture   NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying the agency's Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Once complete, t ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-015 FEB. 26, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Invites Media to Discuss Next Steps for Artemis Campaign NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the&nbs ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-021 FEB. 26, 2026 NASA Names Acting Leaders for Two Key Human Spaceflight Roles  Joel Montalbano, acting associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate. Credit: NASA On Thursday, NASA announced Joel Montalbano will serve as the acting associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, and Dana Hutcherson will ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-020 FEB. 25, 2026 NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2025 Annual Report  Credit: NASA The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), which advises NASA and Congress on safety, has released its 2025 annual report on NASA’s performance and challenges.     While the panel acknowledged NASA’s safety achievements, it warned that the agency’s biggest challenges stem from int ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-014 FEB. 23, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Cover 33rd SpaceX Resupply Mission Station Departure A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, carrying more than 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware for NASA's SpaceX CRS-33 mission, approaches the International Space Station on Aug. 25, 2025, for an automated docking to the Harmony module's forward port. Credit: NASA NASA and its international partners will receive ...Continue Reading