The work aboard the space station is helping us... prepare for what comes next. Crew-13 will help test technologies and study how to grow plants in space, taking lessons from low Earth orbit toward the Moon and Mars.show more

Our nutrient-packed space food is coming back home! Samples... from the BioNutrients-3 study will depart the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX CRS-33 mission and will soon be analyzed by the science team NASA Ames. Results from this study will help scientists develop approaches to produce on-demand nutrients needed for astronauts during deep space missions to the Moon and Mars. Learn more:show more

🇺🇸Orion is currently in a high Earth orbit, roughly... 184 times higher than the International Space Station, as it prepares for the critical trans-lunar injection burn that will send it on its path toward the Moon.show more

Starliner to the stars! ✨ At 10:52am ET, Boeing... Space #Starliner lifted off on a @ULALaunch Atlas V for the first time with ARCHIVED NASA Astronauts aboard. This Crew Flight Test aims to certify the spacecraft for routine space travel to and from the International Space Station.show more

NEWS: SpaceX is set to launch the Argentine Army’s... first nanosatellite. 🇦🇷 A Falcon 9 is expected to carry CITEDEF’s ETNS satellite to low Earth orbit in late October. The mission will test Argentina’s homegrown satellite technology and help lay the foundation for future national space projects.show more

The Shenzhou-23 crew aboard China's Tiangong space station sent... heartfelt #MidAutumnFestival greetings via a video from 400 km above Earth on Friday. This is the fourth Mid-Autumn Festival since the completion of China's space station.show more

Earth moves. We watch in awe. 🌍 Captured aboard... the International Space Station, this timelapse shows our planet from 250 miles up. The International Space Station is more than a window seat. In microgravity, researchers study medicine, materials, climate, and life itself in ways we simply can’t on the ground.show more

NEWS: SpaceX to launch the Argentine Army’s first nanosatellite... 🇦🇷 A Falcon 9 is expected to carry CITEDEF’s ETNS to low Earth orbit in late October. The mission will test homegrown satellite technology and lay the foundation for Argentina’s future space projects.show more

What does Earth look like from another world? 🌍... From the surface of Mars, our planet appears as a tiny, bright dot in the darkness of space, and with high magnification, the Moon is also clearly visible nearby.show more

What does Earth look like from another world? 🌍... From the surface of Mars, our planet appears as a tiny, bright dot in the darkness of space, and with high magnification, the Moon is also clearly visible nearby.show more

A large CME is inbound to swipe Earth from... the Sun, >10 MeV proton flux is currently 25x higher than normal (we're nearly in a radiation storm) with 4 astronauts currently well beyond low-earth orbit (think International Space Station), and a comet is flying into the Sun!!show more

Artificial embryo samples aboard Tiangong Space Station for life... science research Space "artificial embryo" samples and other life science experiments delivered by the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft have been installed into experiment modules aboard China's Tiangong space station, the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Wednesday. The "artificial embryos" are stem cell-derived artificial human embryos. The embryos, though not true life forms and unable to develop into human babies, will help simulate the earliest stages of human development. Once the experiments are completed, the artificial embryo samples will be frozen in orbit and then returned to Earth on a future mission for side-by-side analysis with ground-based controls in laboratories on the ground. This effort is part of a broader suite of 41 space science experiments being deployed aboard Tiangong, supporting its latest round of research on the orbiting laboratory.show more

UK scientists are sending microscopic worms to the International... Space Station that could help unlock the future of human space travel. 🪱 The experiment will study how biological organisms respond to microgravity and radiation - critical knowledge ahead of NASA's Artemis missions. 🌗show more

Wow. China just compieted an in-flight abort test of... their crewed Moon spacecraft. This was the last major milestone before the agency can conduct an uncrewed orbital flight to their space station at the end of 2026. Mengzhou can carry a crew of 7 to orbit or 3 to the Moon.show more

In honor of National Aerospace Week, we’re celebrating the... innovation and teamwork driving America’s future in space. Earlier this year, our ICPS-2 upper stage delivered Orion and the Artemis II crew to orbit, supporting NASA’s long-term return to the Moon and future missions to Mars. #AeroWeek2026 // Aerospace Industries Associationshow more

Aurora seen today from International Space Station while orbit... was passing between Australia and Antartrica; photographer Jannicke Mikkelsen now on the private FRAM2 space mission will be having an even better view in their polar orbit.show more

Mars, we're coming for you! 🔴 🛰️ 🛰️ Soon,... our twin Explorer spacecraft built for NASA & Space Sciences Laboratory ESCAPADE mission will begin their journey to the Red Planet to study the history of its climate. The mission will study how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape, revealing how Mars changed from warm and wet to the cold, dry world we see today. By flying two spacecraft in different orbits around Mars, ESCAPADE will get a dual viewpoint to solve the mystery of Mars' atmospheric escape. It’s a low-cost mission delivering high-impact science.show more

Back from the International Space Station! Jonny Kim has... exited his Soyuz capsule after touching down on Earth at 12:04am ET (0504 UTC), wrapping up eight months of scientific discovery in low Earth orbit.show more

Last week we wrapped up our training at SpaceX... - Crew-12 is certified for flight and ready to go to the International Space Station! We’ve now entered quarantine and are prepping our families and logistics. We’re L-13 days from launch at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center! It has truly been an honor to work with this team - I love it when a plan comes together! Photos courtesy of SpaceXshow more