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In an update on Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders shared the agency’s path to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2028. Agency leadership provided updates on the previously announced acceleration plans for the Artemis…
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…
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…
Weather provided ideal conditions for enhanced ozone depletion
With hardly a cloud in sight, astronauts had a sweeping view of nighttime lights in the U.S. Midwest.
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…
CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is pictured during the Oct. 29, 2026, spacewalk. The International Space Station was soaring 267 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean at the time of this photograph. Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon…
Super Typhoon In-fa developed an unusually large eye, and the remnants of Typhoon Champi transitioned into an extratropical storm that targeted Alaska.
