NASA is targeting a summer 2026 launch for its SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission. The heliophysics mission will launch as a rideshare aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket, sponsored by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The SunRISE mission will study solar radio bursts and map the Sun’s magnetic […]
Science hardware was the focus on Monday as the Expedition 73 crew configured foam and material physics research gear and installed a space technology demonstration. Meanwhile, blood circulation studies and cargo operations rounded out the day aboard the International Space Station.
With several hundred blows of a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) sledgehammer, researchers tested a method to find subsurface caves that could serve as safe underground habitats and research facilities on the Moon and Mars. The team, which includes NASA scientists, conducted their field experiments near Flagstaff, Arizona, and Tulelake, California, in locations that resemble the landscapes future […]
The Expedition 73 crew ended the work week exploring how living and working in space affects the sensory system and DNA. The International Space Station residents also continued researching how digestion is impacted by microgravity and unpacking a U.S. cargo craft.
Eye structure, digestion, and heart health were the top research subjects for the Expedition 73 crew aboard International Space Station on Thursday.
Fitness research and vision studies once again topped the science schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday helping doctors ensure the crew remains healthy on orbit. The Expedition 73 crewmates also worked throughout the day inspecting lab module hatches, installing research cables, and testing robotic communications.
The Artemis II crew members named their Orion spacecraft Integrity during a news conference Sept. 24. The name Integrity embodies the foundation of trust, respect, candor, and humility across the crew and the many engineers, technicians, scientists, planners, and dreamers required for mission success. The name is also a nod to the extensive integrated effort […]
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is communicating with mission operators at the Mission Operations Center at the University of California Berkeley following a successful acquisition of signal at 9:33 EDT. This follows a successful signal acquisition of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) today. The observatory will begin studying the Earth’s exosphere in March 2026. […]
Mission managers successfully received acquisition of signal from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft. The spacecraft is the first NOAA satellite designed specifically for and fully dedicated to continuous, operational space weather observations. The SWFO-L1 satellite will monitor the Sun’s outer atmosphere for large eruptions, called coronal mass […]
The third and final Sun and space weather observatory successfully deployed from the second stage. NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is on a journey to Lagrange point 1. Carruthers mission will study Earth’s exosphere, the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere. It will be the first mission dedicated to understanding changes in this expansive region we know […]
