NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-070 SEPT. 18, 2026 NASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony Credit: NASA The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory.   NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Albania’s Minister for Europe and ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-012 SEPT. 17, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector   Credit: NASA NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-069 SEPT. 17, 2026 NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space Station A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on May 15, 2026, carrying about 6,500 pounds of science, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station during the company’s 34th commercial resupply mission for NASA. Credit: NASA Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA sci ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-068 SEPT. 16, 2026 NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman to Join NFL Fans in Baltimore NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman prepares to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39B at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to board NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the agency's Artemis II launch on April 1, 2026. Credit: NASA ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-066 SEPT. 11, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members suit up in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch to the International Space Station on Feb. 13, 2026. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Mei ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-067 SEPT. 10, 2026 NASA Invites Media to Djibouti Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony Credit: NASA The Republic of Djibouti will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 11 a.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 14, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 72nd country signatory.   NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Ambassador of Djibouti to the Unite ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-075 SEPT. 10, 2026 NASA Answers President’s Call to Establish United States Space Academy  President Donald Trump presents an executive order establishing the United States Space Academy during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew as Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, left; Kevin Hassett, director of the National E ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-073 SEPT. 10, 2026 MISSIONS NASA, NFL Team Up to Showcase Space, Aeronautics Innovation A football floats in microgravity aboard the International Space Station, high above the Earth. Credit: NASA Through a new collaboration between NASA and the National Football League (NFL), the agency will soon bring America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation to the footba ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-011 SEPT. 9, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract   Credit: NASA A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran R launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. The Terran R launch service will be available to NASA’s launch services to use f ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE: 26-074 SEPT. 9, 2026 NASA Names Two Artemis II Astronauts to Emeritus Program  From left, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, and Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, conduct leak checks on their spacesuits inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, ahead of the Arte ...Continue Reading