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NASA to Welcome Visitors, Media to Johnson Space Center Open House
MEDIA ADVISORY: J23-006 Oct. 6, 2023 NASA will open its gates to the public Saturday, Oct. 14, celebrating the agency’s…

NASA to Host Asteroid Sample Media Call; Provide Experts for Interviews
Following a public unveiling of the United States’ first asteroid sample at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 11, NASA will…

NASA to Host News Conference in Houston for Record-Breaking Astronaut
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, back on Earth after breaking the record for the longest single spaceflight in history by an…

NASA Sets Coverage of Spacewalks, News Conference for Station Upgrades
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated Oct. 17, 2023 to note that the United States segment spacewalk scheduled for Oct.…

Now Home on Earth, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 to Discuss Space, Science
The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission will discuss their six-month science mission aboard the International Space Station during a…

NASA to Welcome Visitors to Johnson Space Center Open House 2023
Aug. 24, 2023 RELEASE: J23-005 NASA’s Johnson Space Center will open its gates to the public Saturday, Oct. 14, celebrating…

NASA Astronaut Andrew Jay (Drew) Feustel to Leave NASA
July 28, 2023 RELEASE: J23-004 NASA Astronaut Andrew Jay (Drew) Feustel to Leave NASA NASA astronaut and geophysicist Drew Feustel,…

NASA Sets Briefings for Next International Space Station Crew Missions
NASA will host a pair of news conferences Tuesday, July 25, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to…

NASA to Provide Briefing, Coverage of Spacewalks for Station Upgrades
Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a pair of spacewalks Friday, June 9, and Thursday, June…
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Volunteers Worldwide Successfully Tracked NASA’s Artemis I Mission
In the year since NASA’s historic Artemis I mission successfully launched, the agency has been analyzing data from its approximately…

Station Science 101: Plant Research
As NASA plans long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, a key challenge is figuring out how to feed crews…

NASA Experience Enables Advance of Small Business’s Humanoid Robot
NASA’s experience in developing humanoid robots designed to work together with astronauts is playing a crucial role in the advancement…

NASA Testing on Artemis I Manikin Informs Future Crewed Missions
NASA’s Commander Moonikin Campos, a manikin that flew on the Artemis I flight test beyond the Moon wearing the OCSS…

NASA Opens New Center for Digital Engineering Innovation
NASA is leading the future of spaceflight by equipping the next generation of aerospace innovators with modern engineering skills at…

NASA Humanoid Robot to Be Tested in Australia
NASA’s Valkyrie robot is beginning a new mission half a world away from its home at the agency’s Johnson Space…

115 Years Ago: The Tunguska Asteroid Impact Event
On June 30, 1908, an asteroid plunged into Earth’s atmosphere and exploded in the skies over Siberia. Local eyewitnesses in…

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Will Have New Home in Houston
This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which studied the asteroid in close proximity…

About Exploration Architecture, Integration, and Science Directorate
Introduction Based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, the Exploration Architecture, Integration, and Science (EAIS) Directorate is a…

55 Years Ago: Astronaut Armstrong Survives LLRV Crash
On May 6, 1968, NASA astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took off on a simulated lunar landing mission in a Lunar…

NASA Successfully Extracts Oxygen from Lunar Soil Simulant
As NASA works towards sending astronauts to the Moon through Artemis missions, one of the agency’s primary goals is to…

Next-Gen Suit for NASA’s Work for Space Station Missions Debuts
A next-generation spacesuit – in effect an astronaut’s personal spaceship – will advance NASA’s spacewalking capabilities in low Earth orbit…