Science Mission Directorate

Harrison Schmitt stands next to a giant boulder on the Moon in this photo taken from a distance.

March 24, 2026

NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer…

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C.12 FAIMM Correction, Q&A update, and Webinar Materials Available

March 10, 2026

C.12 Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) is intended to enable individual researchers to participate…

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February 20, 2026

A small but mighty piece of lab equipment, about the size of a cellphone, has arrived at the…

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Two computer monitors are shown from the perspective of looking over a researcher's shoulder. The screens show colorful graphs representing smoke and aerosol measurements from previous missions with the HALO lidar instrument.

January 29, 2026

A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The…

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NASA Receives 15th Consecutive ‘Clean’ Financial Audit Opinion

January 21, 2026

NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of…

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Letter from the NASA Planetary Science Director: the Future of the Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups (AGs)

January 17, 2026

Dear Colleagues, Over the past year, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Planetary Science Division (PSD) have undergone…

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Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump's proposed cuts

January 16, 2026

After a tumultuous 2025 that saw it lose around 4,000 employees, NASA finally has an operating budget for…

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Two men in dark shirts work on a red car-sized rotorcraft protype in a testing chamber.

January 10, 2026

In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage…

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The letters NASA on a blue circle with red and white detail, all surrounded by a black background

January 6, 2026

NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept…

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An interactive slider image allowing the user to swipe between two versions of an image, one with annotations and one without. The image shows a spacecraft’s view of Earth (at center) and the Moon (lower left) in ultraviolet light. The image includes a circular heatmap with a bright yellow center (Earth) fading to green and blue at the edges, showing Earth’s geocorona. A smaller bright spot appears near the bottom edge (the Moon). A vertical color bar labeled "Brightness" is on the right.

December 17, 2025

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has captured its first images from space, revealing rare views of Earth and the…

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NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025

December 16, 2025

With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II…

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NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science

December 4, 2025

NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during…

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole

C.12 FAIMM Correction, Q&A update, and Webinar Materials Available

Small But Mighty Microplate Reader Could Transform NASA Research

NASA Science Flights Venture to Improve Severe Winter Weather Warnings

New NASA Artemis Payloads To Study Moon’s Terrain, Radiation, History

Letter from the NASA Planetary Science Director: the Future of the Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups (AGs)

Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump’s proposed cuts

Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift

NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Reveals ‘First Light’ Images

NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science