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March 20, 2026

NASA issues draft request for how to move space shuttle Discovery or Orion capsule

NASA has taken a step forward to moving an undetermined spacecraft of a various size on an indefinite date to a yet-decided location. Or to put it another way: NASA is seeking to learn what it would take to move the shuttle Discovery or an Orion capsule.

March 19, 2026

NASA's newest astronaut candidate class billed as the Platypi

NASA's newest astronaut candidates have just been labeled the oddest of them all. The 10 women and men who were selected to train for spaceflight in September 2025, have now been given their nickname by the previous class. They are now the Platypi.

March 16, 2026

Finding Nell: 100 years later, where is Robert Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket?

It flew for only two seconds but its impact is still being felt a century later. Robert H. Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket, which lifted off from a snowy field on March 16, 1926, has been extensively written about, but where is "Nell" (or its fragments) today?

March 10, 2026

Northrop Grumman names spacecraft for late shuttle astronaut Steven Nagel

The late NASA astronaut Steven R. Nagel, who was among the small number who filled all three career positions on a space shuttle crew (mission specialist, pilot and commander) is being memorialized with the naming of a Northrop Grumman spacecraft.

March 4, 2026

Mattel reveals Barbie Dream Team dolls including astronaut Kellie Gerardi

In 2023, Kellie Gerardi became the 674th person and 90th woman to fly into space. Now, three years later for International Women's Day, she has joined an even more exclusive group: she is the sixth female astronaut to inspire a Barbie doll.

March 17, 2026

NASA space shuttle hangar access tunnel covered in signatures goes on display

A short tunnel that once led into and out of NASA's space shuttle orbiters is now a portal for the public to see the many types of people who crossed that path. The Pima Air & Space Museum has the white room tunnel from Orbiter Processing Facility-2.

March 13, 2026

Catching up with NASA's Artemis I 'crew': Moonikin, phantom torsos on display

As NASA gets ready to launch its first astronauts in more than 50 years to fly to the moon, the "crew" that flew on the agency's most recent lunar mission is now accepting visitors. Artemis I's "commander" and "mission specialists" are on display.

March 6, 2026

Blast off into LEGO Space history in LEGO Galaxy at LEGOLAND California

LEGO Galaxy, the newest addition to LEGOLAND California, is a celebration of space history — LEGO Space history, that is. LEGO Galaxy opened with a roller coaster, two more space-themed rides, a LEGO rocket building zone and more.

February 27, 2026

NASA shuffles Artemis schedule to hasten return of astronauts to the moon

As NASA continues to press forward with sending its first crew of astronauts to fly by the moon in more than 50 years, it is also making changes to its Artemis schedule, increasing its cadence from one mission every three years to at least one annually.

March 17, 2026
Foster's Daily Democrat

Barrington students lead push to honor NH astronaut Alan Shepard

Barrington students are leading an effort to rename a New Hampshire mountain peak after astronaut Alan Shepard, according to a community announcement.

March 6, 2026
WCTI 12

Artemis I Moon Tree dedicated at White Oak High

White Oak graduate and astronaut Christina Koch is getting ready to become the first woman to travel to the moon. Koch and her high school mentor were honored on the front lawn of the school in a very unique way.

February 20, 2026
Challenger Center

How Mission Patches Tell a Story

What defines a space crew? Is it their specialties, their training, their mission goals? Those details tell us what they were assigned to accomplish and why, but if you truly want to understand who these intrepid explorers were as a team — their shared identity, what they valued, and how they chose to be remembered — look to their mission patch.

February 11, 2026
Ars Technica

SpaceX takes down Dragon crew arm, giving Starship a leg up in Florida

Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is accustomed to getting makeovers. It got another one Wednesday with the removal of the Crew Access Arm used by astronauts to board their rides to space.

February 6, 2026
Ars Technica

Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station

Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee voted to approve a NASA authorization bill this week, advancing legislation chock full of policy guidelines meant to give lawmakers a voice in the space agency's strategic direction.

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