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• NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Research Continues on Earth

  Since NASA’s Artemis II crew members safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10 after their record-setting mission around the Moon, science teams have been busy collecting more data and combing through observations collected on the test flight. Results from these science investigations will help support safe human exploration of deep space and […]

• A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II

  An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel way.

• NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base      

  A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for long-duration missions on the Moon and Mars departed the spaceport and arrived at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Graduate students at the university will test the technology under conditions designed to closely mimic the […]

• Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead

  Scott Wray’s experience with spacewalks started when he was about 6 years old. A tent resembling a lunar lander provided the perfect imaginary spacecraft. “I would lie on my back with my feet propped up on a pillow as I imagined going through a launch countdown sequence,” he said. “Then I would exit the tent […]

• I Am Artemis: Daniel Stubbs

  Listen to this audio excerpt from Daniel Stubbs, NASA aerospace engineer: If you’ve driven through a cloud of dust and dirt that temporarily obscured your view, you’ve gotten a partial picture of a potential problem that NASA’s human landing systems for Artemis will face when they land on the Moon. Daniel Stubbs, an aerospace engineer […]

• NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future

  Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, to align with current program details. All confirmed information regarding the 2026 Lunabotics Challenge remains unchanged. Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, to correct the recipient of the Systems Engineering Leaps and Bounds Award. Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are […]

• NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update

  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 […]

• NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions

  Editor’s note: Release was updated May 27, 2026, to provide additional details on the crewed lunar terrain vehicles. 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 […]

• Jaclyn Kagey Shapes Humanity’s Return to the Moon 

  For Jaclyn Kagey, preparing astronauts to put boots on the Moon is part of her daily work.  As the Artemis extravehicular activity lead in NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate, Kagey plays a central role in preparing astronauts to safely explore the lunar surface.  During Artemis missions, astronauts will explore the Moon’s South Pole, a region never visited by humans, paving the way for future deep space exploration.   Kagey helps define […]

• Call for Creatives: NASA Seeks Help Illuminating Mission Storytelling

  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, songwriters, storytellers, poets, and others to submit proposals to partner […]