NASA News   RELEASE 26-049 JUNE 18, 2026 SCIENCE NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere Artist’s rendition of the DAPHNE (Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer) mission concept. The coloring represents auroras and atmospheric waves in Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics/Mary Tostanoski NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth’s atmosphere influence the space env ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-007 JUNE 18, 2026 SCIENCE NASA Awards Contract for Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition    Credit: NASA NASA has selected eight new companies and will acquire new data products from six existing Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract holders to expand the range of commercial satellite data available to researchers, civil agencies, and decision-makers. Such measurements supplement NASA’s Earth s ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-050 JUNE 17, 2026 SCIENCE NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announces a public-private partnership to advance Mars science during an event at Relativity Space on June 17, 2026. Credit: Relativity Space NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation. ...Continue Reading

NASA News   ADVISORY M26-045 JUNE 15, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Available for Prelaunch Virtual Interviews NASA astronaut and International Space Station Expedition 74/75 flight engineer Anil Menon poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/James Blair NASA astronaut Anil Menon will be available for limited media interviews beginning at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, June 22, to discuss his upcoming mi ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-046 JUNE 12, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Cover 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission Space Station Departure The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft supporting the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA approaches the International Space Station on May 17, 2026, carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew. Credit: NASA NASA and its international partners are set t ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-044 JUNE 11, 2026 SCIENCE NASA to Preview Katalyst Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket will carry LINK to space for an attempted orbital boost of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Credit: NASA/Ron Beard NASA will host an aud ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-006 JUNE 10, 2026 NASA Awards Contract for Construction Services in California   Credit: NASA NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of facility enhancement, modernization, and sustainment work at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-048 JUNE 09, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027, Names Crew Members The Artemis III crew poses for an official portrait (from left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio). Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford Taking another step toward one of the most complex human spaceflight missions in recent history, NASA on Tuesday provided new Artemis III details and announced the four prime crew ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-047 JUNE 3, 2026 SCIENCE NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call Today Artist’s concept of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at Mars. The spacecraft entered orbit around the planet in 2014 and has completed over eleven years of observing the Martian upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interactions with the Sun and solar wind to explore the loss of the Red Planet's atmosphere to space. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Colorado/Laboratory for ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-042 JUNE 1, 2026 SCIENCE NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope stands complete in the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. With its deep, sweeping views of the universe, Roman will observe billions of cosmic objects to explore fundamental questions about dark energy and planets outside our solar system. Credit: NASA/Scott Wie ...Continue Reading