Four Expedition 75 crew members are in their final full day aboard the International Space Station as they prepare to undock aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and return to Earth. Their departure will leave seven residents aboard the orbital outpost to continue advanced space research and lab maintenance.
NASA’s SunRISE Mission Targets No Earlier Than Mid-2027 Launch
NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission will launch no earlier than mid-2027. The heliophysics mission will hitch a ride on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as a rideshare with a payload sponsored by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The mission’s six toaster-oven-size […]
NASA Balloon Campaign Concludes with Final Science Flight
The final mission of NASA’s fall balloon campaign successfully concluded, the reflight of the CORSAIR/WASP. The mission launched from the agency’s facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, at 7:30 a.m. MDT (9:30 a.m. EDT) on Oct. 5, 2026, after it aborted on Sept. 19. The balloon and payload reached a float altitude of around 102,000 […]
NASA’s Eyes software: September release notes
On September 30, 2026, a new version of Eyes on Asteroids was released. This release added a new “Impact” tab on the asteroid information panel, as well as a “Watch” button to see the impact at the time it happened. In addition, for any of the 42,580 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), there is now a “Watch” […]
Disappearing Planets, Dragon Fireballs, Hunter’s Moon Fill October’s Spooky Skies
From disappearing planets to dragon‑born fireballs, the October skies will play a few tricks this month, but they’ll be nothing but treats for skywatchers. As the daylight wanes and the evenings grow longer, October is one of the best months to step outside, look up, and enjoy the crisp and clear night skies that feel […]
Expedition 75 Welcomes Crew-13 and Preps for Crew-12 Departure
Expedition 75 is in the middle of a crew swap aboard the International Space Station as four new crew members get used to life in microgravity and another quartet prepares for its return to Earth. The 11 crew members have been busy packing and unpacking the two SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbital outpost’s Harmony module and preparing for upcoming cargo mission activities.
NASA, SpaceX Set No Earlier Than Oct. 7 for Crew-12 Departure
Following a review weather and splashdown conditions off the coast of California, NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 1:05 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of the agency’s Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station.
Station Crew Expands as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Prepares to Depart
The Expedition 75 crew slept in Friday and spent the rest of the day relaxing following the Oct. 1 arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. The four new crew members, who arrived after a record-setting 7-hour, 55-minute Dragon spacecraft flight from Florida, bring the number of people living aboard the orbital outpost to 11.
NASA’s X-59 Completes Record Six Flights in One Week
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft had its busiest week yet, setting its record for flights completed in a single week while continuing to demonstrate its ability to maneuver at a range of speeds and altitudes. The X-59 kicked off last week by flying twice on Sept. 22, followed by two-flight days Sept. 24 and 25 for a total of six flights. The run of flights beat the X-59’s previous single-week record by two. The packed week brought the X-59 […]
Crew-13 Members Enter Station, Join Expedition 75
NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov have entered the International Space Station following Dragon’s hatch opening at 9:19 p.m. EDT.