Future Vision
Giant leaps start here! 👣 The rollout of the #Artemis III core stage is a major milestone in our mission to explore more of the Moon and eventually reach Mars. Huge congrats to the teams making the first crewed lunar landing in 50+ years possible for 2027! 🚀🌕 #NASA
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Journey & Logistics
On the move! 🚢 NASA’s SLS core stage for Artemis III has left Michoud Assembly Facility on the Pegasus barge. Destination: @NASAKennedy. This massive section will help launch the first crewed Moon landing of the Artemis program in 2027. 🚀🌕 #SpaceExploration
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Image Credit: NASA NASA moved the core stage, or the largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from the agency\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility to the agency\u2019s Pegasus barge in New Orleans on April 20. The barge will ferry the top four-fifths \u2013 the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, and forward skirt \u2013 of the SLS core stage to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete outfitting and vertical integration.\n\nCredit: NASA/Eric Bordelon
Technical Highlights
733,000 gallons of propellant and 2M+ lbs of thrust! 🚀 The #Artemis III core stage is the "backbone" of the mission that will return humans to the lunar surface. It’s officially on its way to Florida for final integration. The countdown to 2027 continues! 🌕✨
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Image Credit: NASA NASA moved the core stage, or the largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility to the agency’s Pegasus barge in New Orleans on April 20. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
🚀 Big news for #Artemis! NASA has officially rolled out the SLS core stage for the Artemis III mission. This 212-foot powerhouse is heading to Kennedy Space Centre as we prepare for the first crewed lunar landing in 2027. We’re going back to the Moon! 🌕
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The Distance & Challenge
15 billion miles away and still going! 🌏 Voyager 1’s power margins are thin, so shutting down a science instrument was necessary to avoid a total system fault. Every watt saved helps keep this legendary mission alive. 🌠🛰️ #Interstellar #NASA #Voyager
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Looking to the Future
What’s next for Voyager? 🚀 NASA is preparing "The Big Bang"—a strategy to reconfigure systems on both Voyager probes. By swapping powered devices, they hope to extend science operations into the 2030s! 💥 #NASA #Voyager #Exploration
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Farewell to LECP! 🔋 After 49 years of non-stop service, this instrument on Voyager 1 has been turned off. The decision gives the probe a year of "breathing room" while engineers plan for its future in interstellar space. 🛰️✨ #Science #Voyager #DeepSpace
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Image Credit: NASA Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment aboard Voyager 1 on April 17, 2026. NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA has powered down Voyager 1’s Low-Energy Charged Particles (LECP) instrument to save power. 🛰️ This move aims to keep the iconic spacecraft operating through the end of the decade! Humanity’s most distant explorer continues its journey. 🌌 #Voyager1 #NASA #Space
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#Artemis II 🚀
Astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this amazing Earth Set video during their lunar fly
“Only one chance in this lifetime…
Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos”
What’s the goal for the new SkyFall helicopters? 🔍 They’ll be scouting future human landing sites and mapping subsurface water ice to help us prepare for the first boots on Mars. One flight was just the beginning—now we’re sending a whole team to lead the way! 👩‍🚀✨
Image Credit NASA Skyfall Mars’s Helicopter
Image Credit NASA Skyfall Mars’s Helicopter
NASA’s SkyFall mission is officially a go! 🚀 Building on Ingenuity’s legacy, SkyFall will use a daring mid-air deployment to land a squad of next-gen helicopters on Mars.
Future of Servicing
Big news for the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory! 🔠Testing is underway for a boost mission that will counter atmospheric drag and keep the science flowing. A huge step forward for flexible, cost-effective satellite servicing! 🛰️💪 #NASA #Science #SpaceService
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Meet LINK! 🤖 This robotic servicer from Katalyst Space is preparing to rendezvous with NASA's Swift Observatory. Even though Swift wasn't built for servicing, this mission will extend its life to keep studying the universe’s biggest explosions. 🌌 #SpaceExploration #Innovation
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Solar activity is pushing NASA’s Swift Observatory lower into Earth's atmosphere. To save it, NASA is partnering with Katalyst Space Technologies to boost it back to its original orbit! This mission pioneers new ways to service satellites in space. 🛰️✨ #Astronomy #NASA
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Engineers from Katalyst Space Technologies unpack their LINK robotic servicing spacecraft at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on April 14, 2026. The satellite will undergo vibration and thermal testing at NASA Goddard ahead of launch later this year. Once in space, LINK will attempt to rendezvous with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and boost it into a higher orbit. Image Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts
Testing has begun for the Katalyst-NASA Swift Boost Mission! 🚀 The LINK robotic spacecraft is at NASA Goddard for environmental tests before its launch later this year to give the 21-year-old Swift Observatory a much-needed lift. #NASA #SpaceTech #SwiftBoost
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Image Credit: MGM Studios Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace in the film Project Hail Mary
“Project Hail Mary" isn't just fiction—microbes are the ultimate deep-space variables. 🛰️ Whether they're threats or solutions, understanding our tiny hitchhikers is critical for crew safety. Real-time DNA tracking is how we prepare for life beyond Earth. 🌌 #ProjectHailMary #ISS
Image Credit: NASA (July 19, 2018) — NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold swabbed surfaces in the International Space Station to collect microbe samples. He then processed the microbial DNA using the Biomolecule Sequencer, a device that enables DNA sequencing in microgravity, to identify microbes able to survive in microgravity.
The "Stowaway" Every spacecraft carries trillions of microscopic stowaways. 🚀 NASA monitors the ISS using real-time DNA sequencing to track how these invisible passengers behave. For missions to Mars and beyond, managing microbial life isn't just science—it’s survival. 🦠#NASA #Mars #Science
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(April 6, 2026) – The Artemis II crew captures a faint view of a crescent Earth above the horizon on the Moon’s far side. Image Credit: NASA
(April 6, 2026) - A view from the window of the Orion spacecraft approximately 9 minutes before Earthset during the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. Image Credit: NASA
The #Artemis II mission has gifted us a new perspective on our home, and the images are nothing short of breathtaking.
Captured as the crew swung around the far side of the moon, these photos represent more than just a technical milestone. They are a profound reminder of our place in the cosmos
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Artemis III will be aiming for a 2027 launch followed by Artemis IV in 2028
Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA’s mobile launcher enters the Vehicle Assembly Building following its approximately 4-mile trek from Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, April 17, 2026, in preparation for Artemis III stacking operations. Description Credit: NASA
Following the successful #Artemis II launch on April 1, the 380-foot mobile launcher has returned to the VAB. Ground teams are now conducting the inspections and repairs necessary to prep for the Artemis III mission.
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Implementation has begun! 🛠️ NASA’s ROSA project is officially providing braking engines, heater units, and electronics for ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover. These critical components will help the mission land safely and survive the Martian chill. 🔴 #NASA #SpaceExploration #Mars
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NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch the Rosalind Franklin mission in 2028! 🚀 This joint effort with ESA will target Oxia Planum to explore Mars’ ancient history and search for organic molecules. The journey to the Red Planet continues! 🛰️ #SpaceX #Mars2028Â
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The Rosalind Franklin rover will be the first to drill 2 meters below the Martian surface! 🧬 By sampling where radiation can't reach, we’re looking for signs of past life. NASA is providing key tech like the mass spectrometer to help ESA uncover Mars' secrets. #Science #MarsÂ
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Image Credit: NASA Description: Digital Concept for the new Mars Rover as part of the NASA Rosalind Franklin Support and Augmentation (ROSA) project
NASA is moving forward with the ROSA project to support ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission to Mars. This partnership will help deliver a rover to the Red Planet in 2028 to search for signs of past life. Teamwork makes the dream work! 🌌 #MarsExploration #NASA #ESAÂ
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Rewatch Today’s #Artemis II News Conference in full here
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www.youtube.com/live/_43Ei9e...
Speaking last, Jeremy Hansen says: "Follow the example people saw here, don't do it alone...you need the support of others to do big things."
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Christina Koch advises the next generation to "find what you can do the slowest the longest" and to lean into "what scares you" without fearing resistance. Beyond personal grit, she emphasizes the importance of community, calling on young people to support those around them.
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Victor Glover encouraged the next generation to "start now" by asking questions &, more importantly, being ready to listen. Poking fun at himself, he remarked, "Yes it is my call sign, but I do not know everything"—a nod to his call sign, Ike, which jokingly stands for "I know everything."
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Image Credit: NASA The Artemis II crew answering questions at today’s press conference
Artemis II 🚀 - Press Conference 16th April, 26
When asked what advice they have for the next generation "looking skywards now," Reid Wiseman encouraged young people to embrace difficult challenges. He emphasized that to make progress, "our hands and our minds have got to be engaged."
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Glover reflected on the weightless interval between the initial release and the deployment of the pilot parachutes—a brief return to total free-fall. He described the sensation vividly:
"If you dove off a skyscraper backwards, that's what it felt like for five seconds...and it was glorious."
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