NASA News   NEWS RELEASE 26-064 AUG. 12, 2026 NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke Leaves NASA, Career Includes 4 Spaceflights NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is pictured inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock prior to the start of the third spacewalk for the STS-134 mission. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency on Wednesday after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, he flew four missions, spent 549 days in space, and complete ...Continue Reading

NASA News   NEWS RELEASE 26-063 AUG. 10, 2026 NASA+ Debuts on discovery+, Coming Soon to HBO Max Credit: NASA As NASA+ continues its expansion across multiple streaming platforms to bring space closer to home, NASA announced Monday programming is next heading to discovery+ and HBO Max. A continuous live feed of NASA+ programming is streaming on discovery+ live channels, while HBO Max will stream NASA’s special events, including the Ar ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-061 JULY 31, 2026 NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership An American flag is seen in front of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2026, ahead of the historic Artemis II test flight. NASA will host a news conference at NASA Kennedy on Friday, Aug. 14, to highlight American leadership in space and aviation.  Credit: ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-062 JULY 31, 2026 AERONAUTICS NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia  From left to right: Casey Swails, NASA deputy associate administrator; Mike Waller, vice president of BL Harbert International Federal Division; Edward C. Forst, administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Dr. Trina Dyal, director of NASA’s Langley Research Center; Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.); Virgi ...Continue Reading

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