NASA News   RELEASE 25-074 DEC. 19, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-12 Assignments for Space Station Mission   From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Credit: NASA As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the Int ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-077 DEC. 18, 2025 LEADERSHIP NASA Welcomes 15th Administrator Jared Isaacman     Jared Isaacman was sworn in as NASA’s 15th administrator on Dec. 18, 2025. Credit: John Kraus Jared Isaacman was sworn in Thursday as NASA's 15th administrator by District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. The oath was taken during a ceremony held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.   As NASA administrator, Isaa ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-073 DEC. 16, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025   Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen stand in the white room on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated ground systems test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 20, 2023. Credit: NA ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-103 DEC. 12, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Discuss Eight-Month Space Station Mission    NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses inside the International Space Station’s cupola as it orbits 265 miles above the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 3:30 p.m. EST Friday, Dec ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-072 DEC. 11, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Selects Two Heliophysics Missions for Continued Development    Credit: NASA NASA has selected one small explorer mission concept to advance toward flight design and another for an extended period of concept development. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Science Management Council selected CINEMA (Cross-scale Investigation of Earth’s Magnetotail and Aurora) to enter Phase B of dev ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 25-071 DEC. 9, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return from Space Station   The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky aboard, Dec. 9, 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Jonny Kim returned to Earth on Tuesday alongsi ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M25-102 DEC. 4, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return   The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is seen as it lands on April 20, 2025 (April 19 Eastern time) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, with the Expedition 71/72 crew aboard. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, is preparing ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-025 DEC. 2, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract   Credit: NASA NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon.  The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders. The contract begins Thurs ...Continue Reading

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station NASA News   RELEASE 25-070 NOV. 27, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station   The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-024 NOV. 21, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Supply Contracts   Credit: NASA NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen for use at facilities across the agency. The NASA Agency-wide Supply of Liquid Hydrogen awards are firm-fixed-price requirement ...Continue Reading