News Releases, Articles, and Features
Stay up-to-date with the latest news releases from NASA as we continue research on the orbiting laboratory.
1. Why is the International Space Station up there? The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and…
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi will answer prerecorded questions about science, technology,…
Science in Space April 2025 Humans have always been explorers, venturing by land and sea into unknown and uncharted places…
Students from Santa Monica, California, will connect with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim as he answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and…
Media are invited to a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 28, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in…
Following the successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, new scientific experiments and supplies are bound for…
NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth Saturday, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, concluding a seven-month…
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on April 24, 2025, to add the recording from the news conference previewing the…
Students from Woodland Park, Colorado, will connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and…
April 17, 2025 Following Repair, NASA’s NICER Improves Daytime Measurements A NASA X-ray telescope on the International Space Station called…
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is scheduled to return home in mid-April after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station…
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 4:15 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 21, for the next launch to…
NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission…
NASA’s SpaceX 32nd commercial resupply services mission, scheduled to lift off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in April, is…
Why do we grow plants in space? Plants are such versatile organisms that they can fulfill many roles in our…
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated April 16, 2025, to reflect an updated cargo weight for NASA’s SpaceX 32nd commercial…
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, will depart the International Space Station aboard…
Nick Kopp is a Dragon flight lead in the Transportation Integration Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is…
