CHAPEA Crew Leaves a Mark

Photos of the CHAPEA Mission 2 crew are arranged around a boot print in the simulated Martian sand outside their habitat. via NASA https://ift.tt/H7RWyMc

Astronauts Across Generations Share the Stage

On Nov. 6, 2026, Purpose Entertainment hosted the Artemis Celebration Gala at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. Held on the eve of NASA's MAX POWER event, the gala celebrated the explorers, innovators, and visionaries advancing the next era of human spaceflight. The event honored the successful completion of the agency's Artemis II mission, marking a historic milestone in America's return to deep space exploration. As one of the signature events concluding the nation's 250th anniversary celebration, the gala commemorated the achievements of Artemis II while looking ahead to humanity's return to the lunar surface through the Artemis campaign. via NASA https://ift.tt/txrojEk

M30's Sparkling Stars

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular star cluster called Messier 30 (M30), also called NGC 7099. via NASA https://ift.tt/WBHIKTk

Midwestern City Lights

City lights from the midwestern United States to the East Coast sparkle across the landscape a couple of hours before sunrise. via NASA https://ift.tt/wT2pN9Y

Hubble Reveals Cosmic Mystery

This is an image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of NGC 4449, one of the dwarf galaxies in the Galaxies Losing Oxygen via Winds (GLOW) study. Researchers found that dwarf galaxies can hold onto only a small fraction of the oxygen made by their stars. via NASA https://ift.tt/V7FOT46

Astronaut and Earth

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Joshua Kutryk is pictured during a spacewalk with his spacesuit's helmet visor down to install a new roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's port side truss structure. via NASA https://ift.tt/y5CTN06

NASA's CHAPEA Crew "Returns" to Earth

The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of their simulated Mars journey on Oct. 31, 2026. via NASA https://ift.tt/LrvSWRt