NASA News   NEWS RELEASE 26-061 JULY 30, 2026 NASA Assigns Astronaut Deniz Burnham to First Space Station Mission NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the International Space Station, serving as an Expedition 76 flight engineer. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonauts Dmitr ...Continue Reading

NASA News   NEWS RELEASE 26-057 JULY 29, 2026 NASA Awards 2026 Innovative Technology Concepts  A collage of artist concepts highlighting the novel approaches proposed by the 2026 NIAC awardees. Credit: NASA The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has created 18 new awards to support visionary ideas to improve aerospace technologies in areas ranging from the exploration of the solar system to understanding the universe ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-060 JULY 29, 2026 SCIENCE NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America an ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-059 JULY 27, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Space Station Mission NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Chris Williams shows off the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station. Williams was supporting semiconductor crystal research to help advance the commercial space economy and promote Earth-based industries. Credit: NASA/Chris Williams NASA ast ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-058 JULY 27, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Cover Three US Spacewalks, Host Preview News Conference  NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock in March, her reflection visible in a spacesuit helmet visor as she installs leg and arm components and swaps parts between suits. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway NASA will provide coverage as astronauts venture outside the International Space Station durin ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-058 JULY 26, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return from Space Station  The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. Credit: NASA Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chri ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-060 JULY 24, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis An image shows the B-1 and B-2 test stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on July 7, 2026. The test stand features dual, vertical firing positions built in the 1960s to test Saturn V rocket stages that carried humans to the Moon during the Apollo Program. The B-1 position, right, is equipped for single engine tests, while ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-059 JULY 23, 2026 MISSIONS Look for NASA+ Now Streaming on Amazon Fire TV Credit: NASA Continuing agency efforts to bring space closer to home, NASA+ is heading to more streaming platforms. On Thursday, NASA announced its programming is on Fire TV Channels. Fire TV customers can easily access this content by asking Alexa+ on compatible devices.   Future programming on Fire TV may include science mission launches, a te ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-056 JULY 22, 2026 TECHNOLOGY NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia  The Flight Dynamics Research Facility, located at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is the agency’s first major wind tunnel built in more than 40 years. Credit: NASA Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting cer ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-057 JULY 22, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return   The Roscosmos Soyuz MS 28 spacecraft is pictured in November 2025 shortly after docking to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International S ...Continue Reading