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 M26-019 MARCH 9, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Share Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Update 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, the SLS r ...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

Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve   March 6, 2026 Natural Events   This Week's Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve The National fire has burned tens of thousands of acres within the Florida preserve, fueled by vegetation dried by prolonged drought and killed by recent frost.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth- ...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

Discover the latest from NASA Earth Science   March 3, 2026 Weekly News   Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve The National fire has burned tens of thousands of acres within the Florida preserve, fueled by vegetation dried by prolonged drought and killed by recent frost. Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars The hill-shaped features are a sign of explosive volcanic activity ...Continue Reading

Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve   March 3, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve The National fire has burned tens of thousands of acres within the Florida preserve, fueled by vegetation dried by prolonged drought and killed by recent frost.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-obser ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-016 MARCH 2, 2026 MISSIONS NASA, JAXA to Cover HTV-X1 Spacecraft Departure from Space Station The new HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), carrying science, supplies, and hardware for NASA and its international partners, is pictured on Oct. 29, 2025, after its capture by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Credit: NASA After delivering about 12, ...Continue Reading