Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Unveils Winning Designs for Mars Space Food Systems ChallengeNASA announced the winners of the Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table Thursday, with the top $300,000 prize being awarded to Chinyere Ukeje of Philadelphia, Pa. for the Adaptive Nourishment Infrastructure (ANI) food system concept. This competition challenged solvers to explore innovative solutions for integrated space food systems that would provide safe, nutritious meals […]Read the full story →Bailey Light · September 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA’s Machines for Mars Make Beer BubblyCarbon-capture technology repurposed for breweries spreads and finds new applicationsRead the full story →Andrew Wagner · September 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyPracticing for Safe Landings on the Moon and BeyondIn this Aug. 27, 2026, image, an Alta-X drone flies an advanced guidance and navigation system known as the Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) experiment near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston developed SPLICE, which successfully completed simulated lunar descent and […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · September 24, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyUS-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic EruptionLike tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake had struck in the nearby ocean, apparently jolting one of the two volcanoes awake. A few days later, for the first time in […]Read the full story →Stephen Carney · September 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA to Study Human Health, Performance During Crew-13 MissionDuring NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission aboard the International Space Station, astronauts will support a series of biomedical and human performance investigations, including a new collaborative effort to study how spaceflight affects blood flow and clotting. NASA also is testing crew members’ manual piloting skills, evaluating methods to counter vision and brain changes, gathering essential health […]Read the full story →Monica Edwards · September 24, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Modernizes Commercial Airline SystemsNASA’s researchers know that when you settle into your seat on a commercial flight, you expect a smooth takeoff, views over the clouds, a steady descent, and hopefully an early arrival at your destination. But when your flight gets delayed on the tarmac instead of lifting off, or it ends up in a holding pattern […]Read the full story →Tara Friesen · September 23, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Welcomes Croatia as Newest Artemis Accords SignatoryThe Republic of Croatia became the 74th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Wednesday during a ceremony in the capital city of Zagreb with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “It is my privilege to welcome the Republic of Croatia as the latest signatory of the Artemis Accords,” said NASA Deputy Matt Anderson […]Read the full story →Elizabeth Shaw · September 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission ClassEditor’s Note: This release was updated on Sept. 24, 2026, to reflect current international partners. NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics), is advancing to the next phase of development. This space telescope is the first in a new class of NASA […]Read the full story →Jessica Taveau · September 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Research Flights Over ColoradoA NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Greeley, Colorado, beginning Thursday, Oct. 1 through Tuesday, Oct. 20, as part of the FarmFlux mission. These flights will measure gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feeding operations. Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy […]Read the full story →Gianine Figliozzi · September 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive SupernovaNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0417 (left of center) on Sept. 19, 2026. This galaxy cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bending and magnifying light from objects far behind it. Supernova Athena, discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2025, is predicted to reappear between now and […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · September 23, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyShannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard MirShannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W. Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir. For six months, Lucid lived and worked alongside two Russian cosmonauts conducting life science […]Read the full story →Michele Ostovar · September 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyTB 26-06 Risk of Hydrazine Use Following Freeze–Thaw ExposureFor more information, contact Jonathan E. Jones, Langley Research Center, jonathan.e.jones@nasa.gov Download the PDF version The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to communicate the risks associated with freeze–thaw cycles in hydrazine monopropellant systems and to provide general recommendations for mitigating damage, operational hazards, and loss of system reliability in propulsion and auxiliary hydrazine systems. […]Read the full story →Meagan Chappell · September 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM
