NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-005 MAY 29, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure   Credit: NASA NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.   The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract supports up to $300 million in upgrades to mission‑support facilities, utilities, and ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-043 MAY 29, 2026 NASA Hosts SpaceX Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event at Headquarters NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts gather together for a crew portrait wearing their Dragon pressure suits during a suit verification check inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Clockwise from bottom left are, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerosp ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY 26-041 MAY 26, 2026 NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update Credit: NASA NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.   The event will stream on NASA+ and on the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-046 MAY 26, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions Artist’s concept of Phase 3 of NASA’s Moon Base. Credit: NASA During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncrewed cargo landers bound for the Moon. NASA leaders also shared target launch timeframes and upcoming milestones for the first Mo ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-044 MAY 22, 2026 Call for Creatives: NASA Seeks Help Illuminating Mission Storytelling Credit: NASA As NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity, the agency is looking for partners to share mission stories covering Artemis Moon missions, nuclear propulsion, aeronautics, and more. NASA published an Announcement for Proposals on May 21 asking filmmakers, documentarians, ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-039 MAY 22, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov is pictured at the end of the European robotic arm as he works on a high‑resolution camera during a six‑hour, nine‑minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Oct. 16, 2025. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmo ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-043 MAY 22, 2026 NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Credit: NASA NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in Southern California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to ensure continued accountability and strong ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-045 MAY 22, 2026 NASA Announces Realignment to Accelerate Mission Delivery Credit: NASA NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to better deliver on the nation’s highest‑priority objectives with speed and efficiency. During the Ignition event in late March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and agency l ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY 26-040 MAY 21, 2026 SCIENCE NASA to Showcase Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit Engineers from Katalyst stabilize their LINK robotic servicing spacecraft during environmental testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The LINK spacecraft will be encapsulated in Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket, for launch in late June on a mission to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift O ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-041 MAY 21, 2026 NASA Joins Artemis Accords Workshop as Global Signings Rise Representatives of the Artemis Accords signatories including the United States, led by NASA and the U.S. Department of State, met May 13–14, 2026, in Lima for the fourth annual Artemis Accords workshop. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru and Peruvian Space Agency (CONIDA) The United States participated in an Artemis Accords work ...Continue Reading