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Drought Parches Florida
The state was unusually dry for much of 2025, but the intensity of the drought has ratcheted up since January…

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight
Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight around the Moon made history at 12:56 p.m. CDT on Monday…

NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver app…

Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II
Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as …

The Near Side of the Moon
The astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured this photo of the Moon’s near side on April 4, 2026. T…

Thinking of You, Earth
On April 4, 2026, NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecra…

NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions
The first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis program is underway. Four Artemis II astronauts are flying …

Illuminated in Orion
NASA astronaut Christina Koch reads on a tablet in the dimly lit Orion crew capsule in this April 3, 2026, ph…

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:49 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, for the…

Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers
NASA’s first Artemis II science officers—Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia—are pioneering a new e…

Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, born April 3, 1926, in Mitchell, I…

Hello, World
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s w…