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The next crew heads to the space station, navigating the lunar landscape, and a view to look forward to … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

Important cargo headed to the space station, installing the thrust behind our return to the Moon, and a devastating wildfire seen from space … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

The latest opportunity for payload delivery services to the Moon, new partnerships to help advance the commercial space business, and a “hat trick” for one of our planet-hunting spacecraft … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

NASA Astronaut Candidate Deniz Burnham discusses her selection as a 2021 NASA astronaut candidate. Get the latest from NASA weekly:

jsc2021m000273_NASA_Astronaut_Candidate_Anil_Menon NASA Astronaut Candidate Anil Menon NASA Astronaut Candidate Anil Menon discusses his selection as a 2021 NASA astronaut candidate. Get the latest from NASA weekly:

NASA’s OCO-3 mission is ready for launch to the International Space Station. This follow-on to OCO-2 brings new techniques and new technologies to carbon dioxide observations of Earth from space. For more on this orbiting carbon observatory, visit https://ocov3.jpl.nasa.gov/

NASA scientists are investigating key questions about hurricanes in a new mission from the skies. This August, the East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes, or EPOCH, mission will fly over East Pacific storms to better understand how they form and intensify. EPOCH will conduct up to six 24-hour science flights using the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. Three of the flights are being supported through a partnership with the NOAA UAS Program. Data will be collected using three instruments (EXRAD, HAMSR, and AVAPS) aboard the aircraft that will map out the 3-D patterns of temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed - key factors that influence hurricane behavior. NASA scientists use a combination of ground, modeled, and satellite data to re-create multi-dimensional pictures of hurricanes and other major storms in order to study complex atmospheric interactions.

A new crew aboard the space station, Curiosity rover’s new science findings on Mars, and – Celebrating 60 years of NASA … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

Description: A new crew launches to the space station, another crew wraps up an historic mission to the station, and more time to explore for some planetary science missions … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA

Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans are continuing with recovery efforts following a tornado strike at the facility Tuesday, Feb. 7. Michoud remains closed to all but security and emergency operations crews. For more than half a century, Michoud has been the space agency’s premiere site for manufacturing and assembly of large-scale space structures and systems.

Exploration is a tradition at NASA. We reach for new heights and reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind. On February, 12, 2018, Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot gave a State of NASA address to roll out the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget proposal. This video highlights the future-facing vision of those plans. #StateofNASA

A new Earth-observing mission launches to space, a move to make room aboard the space station, and some valuable space station science returns to Earth … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

jsc2020m000242 You’ve heard NASA use the term “EVA” before, but what does it mean? In this video, find out how EVA will be a big part of NASA’s future exploration to the Moon and Mars and how a new spacesuit is being built to prepare for future missions beyond Low Earth Orbit. Full Feature “Spacesuits for the Next Explorers” is coming soon.

On November 16, 2022, NASA’s Artemis I mission began a new era of spaceflight testing systems that will take humans back to the Moon and beyond! It takes a powerful system of engines and boosters to get this massive rocket off the launchpad and to propel the Orion spacecraft all the way to the Moon. This video explains the parts of Artemis I and their functions during the mission. Watch a play-by-play of actual launch footage and Artemis I’s journey to the Moon!

NASA Television’s newest offering, NASA TV UHD, brings ultra-high definition video to a new level with the kind of imagery only the world’s leader in space exploration could provide. Harmonic produced this show exclusively for NASA TV UHD, using time-lapses shot from the International Space Station, showing both the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis phenomena that occur when electrically charged electrons and protons in the Earth's magnetic field collide with neutral atoms in the upper atmosphere.

NASA’s Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations, or STEReO, project aims to let new technologies, like drones, help fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies by providing an advanced system that coordinates multiple elements of the response. Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-tools-could-help-fight-fires-from-the-sky-and-the-ground

This video highlights the latest progress in manufacturing the second and third core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s most powerful rocket, for the crewed missions of the agency’s Artemis program. Technicians are simultaneously manufacturing SLS core stages at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Together with four RS-25 engines, the rocket’s massive 212-foot-tall core stage — the largest stage NASA has ever built — and its twin solid rocket boosters will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust to send NASA’s Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and supplies beyond Earth’s orbit to the Moon. The core stage consists of five major structures.

Researchers discovered what is thought to be the first kind of molecule to form after the Big Bang. While theory suggested its existence, this molecule was detected for the first time in the present-day universe using the latest technology on board the flying observatory called SOFIA.

NASA is building new spacesuits for missions on the Moon. These voyages will require astronauts to stay longer on the lunar surface than the previous Apollo lunar missions. A new generation of engineers is using the latest technology to make spacesuit life support the best it ever has been, providing greater safety and flexibility for the astronauts. What’s it like working on the life support of a spacesuit? Find out with this preview of “Spacesuits for the Next Explorers” a new full feature video coming soon.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio and Steve Bowen of NASA answered questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Aug. 14 with students at the Odyssey Academy in Galveston Texas. Rubio and Bowen are in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars. Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth, the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox.

Animation Animations for media and public use. NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will be the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet. As its own separate mission, the helicopter will hitch a ride to Mars attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover (part of the Mars 2020 mission). This animation reel simulates how Ingenuity will operate on the surface of Mars. The Ingenuity helicopter is considered a high-risk, high-reward technology demonstration. If the small craft encounters difficulties, the science-gathering of the Mars 2020 mission won't be impacted. If the helicopter does take flight as designed, future Mars missions could enlist second-generation helicopters to add an aerial dimension to their explorations. The Perseverance rover, with the Ingenuity helicopter aboard, will launch in July or August 2020 and land on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.

Mars is on the move this month, forming a "red triangle" with bright red stars Aldebaran and Betelgeuse. Saturn and Jupiter fly with the Moon on the 9th, and then the Moon slides over closer Jupiter in the morning sky on the 11th. At the end of the month, September 23rd brings the equinox, meaning day and night are of nearly equal length, and a change of seasons is afoot. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at

A total lunar eclipse brings some magic to the morning sky on November 8th, and the Leonid meteors peak after midnight on November 18th, with some glare from a 35% full moon. In addition, enjoy pretty views on other days in November when the Moon visits planets Mars and Saturn, and bright star Spica. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at

What's up in the June sky? Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest, Mercury and Mars appear ultra-close and how you can observe the Moon's tilted orbit. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript are available at