Humans in Space

Work Underway on Large Cargo Landers for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions

Work Underway on Large Cargo Landers for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Under NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency and its partners will send large pieces of equipment to the lunar surface to enable long-term ...

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara returned to Earth after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Saturday, along with Roscosmos ...

Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth

Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 completed the agency’s seventh commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday after splashing down safely in ...

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launch, Docking

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launch, Docking

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission with astronauts to the International ...

Flame Burns Out on NASA’s Long-Running Spacecraft Fire Experiment

Flame Burns Out on NASA’s Long-Running Spacecraft Fire Experiment

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA recently concluded the final mission of its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment, or Saffire, putting a blazing end to an eight-year series ...

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Crew-8 Mission Launch to Space Station

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Crew-8 Mission Launch to Space Station

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s eighth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endeavour ...

NASA Astronaut to Speak with Florida Students from Space Station

NASA Astronaut to Speak with Florida Students from Space Station

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Students from the Creative Learning Academy in Pensacola, Florida, will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard ...

Progress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to Station

Progress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to Station

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA and Boeing are working to complete the agency’s verification and validation activities ahead of Starliner’s first flight with astronauts to the ...