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Crew Kicks Off Week Prepping for Cygnus Cargo Mission
The Expedition 74 crew continues preparing for the next U.S. cargo mission due to visit the International Space Station. The orbital residents also serviced spacesuits, configured scientific hardware, and studied how microgravity affects blood pressure at the...
Crew Kicks Off Week Prepping for Cygnus Cargo Mission
The Expedition 74 crew continues preparing for the next U.S. cargo mission due to visit the International Space Station. The orbital residents also serviced spacesuits, configured scientific hardware, and studied how microgravity affects blood pressure at the...
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24
Northrop Grumman's commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station will deliver scientific research, crew supplies, and hardware to the orbiting laboratory for NASA. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services...
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24
Northrop Grumman's commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station will deliver scientific research, crew supplies, and hardware to the orbiting laboratory for NASA. The mission is known as NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services...
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight
Editor’s note: This release was updated at 7:28 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2026, to reflect Orion’s final closest approach to the lunar surface from about 4,070 miles to about 4,067 miles. NASA also updated the farthest distance Orion will travel. Finally, NASA also made...
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight
Editor’s note: This release was updated at 7:28 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2026, to reflect Orion’s final closest approach to the lunar surface from about 4,070 miles to about 4,067 miles. NASA also updated the farthest distance Orion will travel. Finally, NASA also made...
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be the second flight of the Cygnus XL, the larger, more...
Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II
Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as they orbit the far side of the Moon, roughly 4,000 miles above the lunar surface. You can watch this historic broadcast on NASA's YouTube channel today, April...
Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II
Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as they orbit the far side of the Moon, roughly 4,000 miles above the lunar surface. You can watch this historic broadcast on NASA's YouTube channel today, April...
Heather Futrell
Heather Futrell is a program executive (PE) in NASA’s Heliophysics Division (HPD), managing the HelioSwarm and SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) missions. She steers the development and implementation of these vital missions from design to orbit,...
Heather Futrell
Heather Futrell is a program executive (PE) in NASA’s Heliophysics Division (HPD), managing the HelioSwarm and SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) missions. She steers the development and implementation of these vital missions from design to orbit,...
The Near Side of the Moon
The astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured this photo of the Moon’s near side on April 4, 2026. The image features dark patches at center and right; these are ancient lava flows, which are unique to this side of the Moon. The Artemis II astronauts –...