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

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat's Head

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view reveals intricate structures within the Cat's Head Nebula, traced by the emission from warm dust and carbon-based molecules excited by starlight. via NASA https://ift.tt/SsF0Ij4

NASA's Hubble Marks Way for Roman Space Telescope

A sinuous spiral galaxy (center) appears in the same field of view as a vivid gravitational lens (right corner) in this Hubble image. via NASA https://ift.tt/heyDvnG

Webb Sees Turbulent Star Nursery

In this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope, we visit a turbulent cauldron of star formation to see what is brewing inside dense clumps of gas. via NASA https://ift.tt/AXSqeBa

NASA's Neo Surveyor Sunshade

The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission is inspected by a technician at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in late July. via NASA https://ift.tt/VLUSh2b

NASA's X-59 Aircraft and Test Pilot

NASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2026. via NASA https://ift.tt/NnkrlA0

RS-25 Engine Tests at NASA Stennis

Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026. via NASA https://ift.tt/4Kq1Etr

Spiral's Edge

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove. via NASA https://ift.tt/mzO6bwW

Science on the Space Station with NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glovebox, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink and then filling a special cartridge with the cell‑ink mixture. via NASA https://ift.tt/vEiWnIQ

Webb Captures Stellar Jets

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129. Hot, atomic hydrogen gas is shown here in the golden region, while cooler, molecular hydrogen gas, shocked by embedded protostars, is represented in red. via NASA https://ift.tt/tG1m2WR

Martian Dawn

The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Scientists are eager to learn more about how the yardang layer formed. via NASA https://ift.tt/EAJeHWz

Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown

Shortly after Artemis II splashdown on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. via NASA https://ift.tt/w4b8Uk0

Chandra Finds Possible Origin of 'Treble Clef' Waves

Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” because its distinct shape strongly resembles the musical symbol. via NASA https://ift.tt/FBVCzvt

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Launch Jellyfish

The exhaust plumes of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft are seen illuminated by sunlight against the predawn sky during the launch of NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 mission, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, as seen from Cocoa Beach, Florida. The light makes the plumes look like a jellyfish in the sky. via NASA https://ift.tt/OEHbU0e

Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation

Three NASA-supported small spacecraft, shown along with many commercial payloads, before being encapsulated in a SpaceX Falcon 9. The rocket launched the payloads into low-Earth orbit at 11:32 a.m. PDT Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, as part of the company’s Transporter-18 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. via NASA https://ift.tt/3dYZbzj

Cosmic House of Mirrors

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features galaxies in incredible detail that have been warped and multiplied like they’ve stepped into a house of mirrors. via NASA https://ift.tt/ZKIMgah

Crew-12 Returns to Earth

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. via NASA https://ift.tt/pY2OwVs

Artemis II Crew Moon Photo Annotations

A visualization of a dark Moon eclipsing the Sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member's tablet. via NASA https://ift.tt/VF4CPar

Astronomers Solve Cosmic Cold Case with NASA Hubble Data

This artist’s concept depicts a possible explanation for the unusual chemical abundances NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected in the HS 0209+0832 system: a second-generation planet orbiting the white dwarf star. via NASA https://ift.tt/JEPDYoK

NASA Astronaut Christina Koch at Eagles vs. Rams

NASA astronaut and mission specialist of the agency's Artemis II mission, Christina Koch, led the fans in singing the Eagles Fight Song from the field at an NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, in Philadelphia. via NASA https://ift.tt/lu28XRY