News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing CeremonyThe Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha and Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the […]Read the full story →Jennifer M. Dooren · September 18, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space StationTo continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification.Read the full story →Mark A. Garcia · September 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyCOSI Telescope Comes TogetherUC Berkeley engineers and managers watch as the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) detector assembly is slowly raised from a table in this July 8, 2026, image. The four pieces of silver material on the top of the detector box cover the flex circuits, which carry signals from the detectors to the readout electronics. COSI […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · September 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
News DeForest boys soccer shuts out Waunakee 3–0DeForest earned a 3–0 victory against Waunakee in an important Badger Conference boys soccer game.Read the full story →Cole Amundson · September 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
News Fredrick L. Lendborg remembered for family and friendshipsFredrick L. “Fred” Lendborg, 74, died September 9, 2026. Born January 22, 1952, he grew up in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.Read the full story →September 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray DetectorNASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida […]Read the full story →Jessica Taveau · September 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space StationMedia accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA will lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than October to launch […]Read the full story →Lauren E. Low · September 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Unveils Enterprise, the First Space ShuttleFifty years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976—Constitution Day of America’s bicentennial year—NASA unveiled its first space shuttle orbiter, OV-101, to the public. NASA had originally planned to name the vehicle Constitution, but a letter-writing campaign changed the agency’s plans. Nearly 100,000 fans of the Star Trek television series wrote the White House urging that the […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · September 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Feature · Science / TechnologyPassion Meets Precision at NASA’s Flight Research LabLong before they helped shape NASA’s future aerospace breakthroughs, Derek Abramson, Justin Hall, and Justin Link were in their garages and homes building radio‑controlled aircraft, testing new ideas, and flying their creations at hobby events. That early passion now fuels the work of NASA’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at the agency’s Armstrong Flight […]Read the full story →Dede Dinius · September 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
News Dane County sheriff calls for restoration of frozen deputy postsSheriff Kalvin Barrett says the freeze on 20 deputy positions affects staffing and backup support, especially in rural areas.Read the full story →Roberta Baumann · September 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Celebrates Restoration of Guam Station Damaged by Typhoon MawarNASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10, closing out more than three years of recovery after Super Typhoon Mawar devastated the site in 2023. Engineers from across the agency completed the final and most complex step of the rebuild on July 1, when they returned the […]Read the full story →Korine Powers · September 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Watches Earth’s Weight, Finds Center of MassSeasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet’s center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center. NASA scientists are on the case, tracking the oscillations because Earth’s center of mass is a crucial reference point for satellite navigation and elevation measurements. A team, led […]Read the full story →Amanda Barnett · September 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
