NASA News   RELEASE 26-016 JAN. 30, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station Credit: NASA NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.   “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-014 JAN. 29, 2026 LEARNING RESOURCES NASA Awards Help Inspire Future Innovators Through STEM Engagement   Credit: NASA NASA has awarded more than $5 million to 29 institutions nationwide to expand and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning beyond the classroom. The awards are designed to help build skills that lead directly to STEM careers. These organizations collaborate with libraries, ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-013 JAN. 26, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Welcomes Oman as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory   Credit: NASA The Sultanate of Oman signed the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Muscat attended by NASA on Monday, becoming the 61st nation to commit to responsible space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.   “Oman’s accession to the Artemis Accords sets an important example about the value of responsible beh ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-012 JAN. 26, 2026 TECHNOLOGY NASA Technology Brings Golden Age of Exploration to Earth   Spinoff 2026 marks the publication’s 50th year documenting commercial uses of NASA technology. This edition’s cover features NASA astronaut Alan Bean holding an environmental sample container filled with lunar soil during the Apollo 12 mission of November 1969. NASA astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., who took this picture, is reflected in Bean’s helmet v ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-008 JAN. 23, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station   NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Credit: SpaceX NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-002 JAN. 23, 2026 TECHNOLOGY NASA Awards Global Modeling, Assimilation Support Contract    Credit: NASA NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Global Modeling and Assimilation Support contract is a single-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/i ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-008 JAN. 20, 2026 NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration   The Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA w ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-010 JAN. 20, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Retires   NASA astronaut Suni Williams at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Naval Ordnance Test Unit basin in Florida on March 28, 2018. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett After 27 years of service, NASA astronaut Suni Williams retired from the agency, effective Dec. 27, 2025. Williams completed three missions aboard the International Space Station, setting numero ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-009 JAN. 20, 2026 SCIENCE New NASA Artemis Payloads To Study Moon’s Terrain, Radiation, History   Credit: NASA NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of the Moon. As part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, American companies will deliver these research payloads to the lu ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-011 JAN. 20, 2026 NASA Unlocks Golden Age of Innovation, Exploration in Trump’s First Year   NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 in preparation for the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA/Brandon Hancock One year into President Donald J. Trump’s second term, NASA is delivering ...Continue Reading