NASA News   RELEASE 26-075 SEPT. 10, 2026 NASA Answers President’s Call to Establish United States Space Academy  President Donald Trump presents an executive order establishing the United States Space Academy during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew as Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, left; Kevin Hassett, director of the National E ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-073 SEPT. 10, 2026 MISSIONS NASA, NFL Team Up to Showcase Space, Aeronautics Innovation A football floats in microgravity aboard the International Space Station, high above the Earth. Credit: NASA Through a new collaboration between NASA and the National Football League (NFL), the agency will soon bring America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation to the footba ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-011 SEPT. 9, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract   Credit: NASA A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran R launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. The Terran R launch service will be available to NASA’s launch services to use f ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE: 26-074 SEPT. 9, 2026 NASA Names Two Artemis II Astronauts to Emeritus Program  From left, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, and Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, conduct leak checks on their spacesuits inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, ahead of the Arte ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE: 26-072 SEPT. 8, 2026 TECHNOLOGY NASA Calls for Proposals to Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies  Artistic concept of lunar surface technologies and infrastructure capabilities, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production systems, surface power systems, in-space manufacturing tools, and advanced nanomaterials production.  Credit: NASA  NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technol ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-065 SEPT. 3, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking The Roscosmos Progress 92 cargo spacecraft is photographed in March 2026 from the International Space Station as it flies into an orbital sunset 267 miles above Earth’s surface. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C26-010 SEPT. 1, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider   Credit: NASA NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions.   The firm-fixed-price contract has ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-071 AUG. 30, 2026 SCIENCE NASA's Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/John Kraus Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon revea ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-070 AUG. 28, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE President Honors NASA’s Artemis II Crew with Highest US Space Award President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts R ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-069 AUG. 28, 2026 MISSIONS President Trump Signs Executive Order to Create US Space Academy  President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Aug. 28, 2026, to establish the nation’s first U.S. Space Academy at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA To strengthen the nation’s space workforce and develop the next generation of space leaders, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Fri ...Continue Reading