NASA is streaming live coverage as two astronauts prepare for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. EST and last about more than six and a half hours.
Mission managers have given the go for two astronauts to exit the International Space Station on Thursday and install its eighth and final roll-out solar array. The Expedition 75 crew members completed final preparations for the spacewalk and also conducted biotechnology research.
For the first time, scientists have used NASA sounding rockets to study a solar flare in progress, thanks to a new flare alert system that told the team when to launch. Solar flares accelerate particles and release energy into the solar system, which can affect Earth and its technologies. Sounding rockets are a relatively fast, […]
A NASA-supported small satellite launched in October as a technology demonstration has lost contact with its owner and operator, Starfish Space. NASA and Starfish have concluded the spacecraft is not recoverable due to an issue preventing communications between the SmallSat and ground operators. Led by Starfish Space, NASA’s Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) […]
Expedition 75 is continuing preparations for the second and final spacewalk in a series of two to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system. The orbital residents are also conducting microgravity research and transferring cargo in and out of a U.S. cargo spacecraft.
On October 28, 2026, a new version of Eyes on Exoplanets was released. This release added the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is expected to find thousands of new exoplanets. When accessing Eyes on Exoplanets from your mobile phone, you can use the augmented reality feature to place the spacecraft in your own […]
Preparations continue for the second in the final series of spacewalks to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Expedition 75 crew focused its research efforts on life science at the beginning of the week.
In a few days, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) will perform a maneuver that no agency spacecraft has flown before — and do it twice. Each of the two ESCAPADE spacecraft will execute a “powered” flyby of Earth, combining Earth’s gravity with an engine burn, to slingshot itself toward Mars. The […]
Editor’s Note: NASA updated this article Wednesday, Nov. 4, to reflect confirmation of Swift re-entry. NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday, almost 22 years after launch. At launch, Swift was a first-of-its-kind multiwavelength observatory designed to study the most powerful explosions in the cosmos using its three telescopes. The U.S. Space Force […]