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Drought Parches Florida

Drought Parches Florida

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

NASA4/7/26, 4:01 AM
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight

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…

NASA4/6/26, 7:46 PM
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview

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…

NASA4/6/26, 7:29 PM
Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II

Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II

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

NASA4/6/26, 3:29 PM
The Near Side of the Moon

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…

NASA4/6/26, 2:59 PM
Thinking of You, Earth

Thinking of You, Earth

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

NASA4/5/26, 2:04 PM
NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions

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 …

NASA4/4/26, 7:44 PM
Illuminated in Orion

Illuminated in Orion

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

NASA4/4/26, 3:07 PM
NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch

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…

NASA4/3/26, 10:01 PM
Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers

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…

NASA4/3/26, 5:35 PM
Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom

Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom

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

NASA4/3/26, 4:27 PM
Hello, World

Hello, World

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

NASA4/3/26, 1:34 PM