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