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NASA Restarts Swift Telescope as It Slowly Falls Toward Earth

9 September 2026 at 04:01
NASA Neil Gehrels Swift ObservatoryNASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is back to studying the universe, even as the aging spacecraft continues to lose altitude and a planned mission to raise its orbit has been scaled back. Two of Swift’s three science instruments are operating again after months of conservation measures designed to reduce atmospheric drag and keep the observatory [...]

James Webb Telescope Discovers Hidden Giant Planet in Famous Star System

By: NASA
24 July 2026 at 11:44
Beta Pictoris System (Artist’s Concept)Webb found a hidden giant planet by detecting its atmospheric chemistry through a bright debris disk. For years, a third giant planet remained concealed within the bright dust surrounding Beta Pictoris, one of the most closely observed planetary systems in the Milky Way. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now exposed the hidden world by [...]

Burning Houses to Save Houses

We visited researchers seeking ways to make homes safer. They set a lot of fires.

© Will Crooks for The New York Times

A wildfire test at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety lab in Richburg, S.C.

NASA Unveils Technologies That Could Build the Future of the Moon and Mars

By: NASA
15 July 2026 at 12:59
Mars Moon EarthNASA is teaming up with 37 companies to develop the next generation of technologies that could make long-term exploration of the Moon and Mars possible. NASA has chosen 41 proposals from 37 U.S. companies to help develop technologies needed for a sustained human presence on the Moon and eventual crewed missions to Mars. The companies [...]

NASA Just Took a Major Step Toward Building a Moon Base

By: NASA
15 July 2026 at 12:24
Commercial Lunar Landers on MoonNASA is taking another major step toward a permanent Moon base with four new commercial missions that will test technology, deliver science, and help prepare for humanity’s future beyond Earth. NASA has selected three commercial space companies to carry out four new lunar missions in late 2028 through the agency’s Moon Base Program. Astrobotic, Firefly [...]

NASA’s HiRISE Captures Perseverance Rover Completing a Marathon on Mars

By: NASA
15 July 2026 at 11:49
NASA HiRISE Captures Perseverance Rover Mars Milestone AnnotatedA new NASA orbital image captures Perseverance after completing a marathon across the surface of Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed the equivalent of a full marathon on Mars, reaching 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers) after five years and four months of driving across the Red Planet. The milestone came on the 1,890th Martian day, or [...]

Metrics

By: NASA
16 June 2026 at 15:26
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Services Catalog

Click here to view the FY26 Services Catalog

The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service.

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Click here to view the Service Level Agreement

The SLA provides information about roles, responsibilities, rates, and service level indicators for all NASA Centers. The SLA is negotiated on an annual basis in line with the fiscal year. A single SLA is shared by all NASA Centers and signed by the Associate Administrator, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, and the Office of Inspector General. The SLA provides for the delivery of specific services from the NSSC to NASA Centers and Headquarters Operations in the areas of:

  • Financial Management
  • Procurement
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Agency Business Services

NSSC Bill (Formerly know as Performance and Utilization Report (PUR))

*** On-Line Course Management and Training Purchases have been realigned to the OLC &Training Purchases section of the bill in accordance with the realignment of training funds. Center Special Projects have been consolidated into one Special Projects bill with the funding Center identified for each project.***

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Meet the Artemis III Astronauts Preparing for NASA’s Boldest Moon Mission Yet

By: NASA
14 June 2026 at 01:15
Artemis III Crew PortraitNASA’s newly announced Artemis III crew is preparing for one of the most complex space missions ever attempted on the road back to the Moon. NASA has unveiled the crew for Artemis III and shared new details about what could become one of the most challenging human spaceflight missions ever attempted. Scheduled for 2027, the [...]

NASA Spots Giant Ocean Swell Signaling a Potential El Niño Comeback

Earth Experiencing Extreme High TemperaturesSentinel-6 satellite data shows strengthening warm-water waves in the Pacific, pointing to the likely arrival of El Niño and its global weather impacts later in 2026. Several months before an El Niño develops, large waves of warmer, elevated water travel eastward across the Pacific Ocean. Satellite observations in 2026 have detected several of these waves. [...]

NASA’s New Technology Lets Spacecraft Switch Between Networks

By: NASA
8 June 2026 at 12:42
Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT)NASA just demonstrated a technology that lets spacecraft communicate across multiple networks, paving the way for a more flexible and reliable space internet. NASA’s experimental Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) has successfully completed its primary technology demonstration, marking an important step toward more flexible communications in space. Because the project met its original goals and continues [...]

NASA’s Latest Update on International Space Station Leak

By: NASA
8 June 2026 at 11:32
Space Station Pictured From SpaceX Crew Dragon CropNASA has released a new update on a long-running air leak aboard the International Space Station, detailing recent developments involving a troubled section of the orbiting laboratory and precautionary measures taken to protect the crew. The issue involves the PrK transfer tunnel inside Russia’s Zvezda service module, where cracks have been causing small atmosphere leaks [...]

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Reveals Strange Chemistry Beyond Our Solar System

By: NASA
6 June 2026 at 13:33
Interstellar Comet 3I ATLASAn interstellar comet just revealed hidden methane and chemical clues from another star system. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has achieved another milestone by capturing the first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object. The observations focused on comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from beyond our solar system, and the findings have been published in [...]

NASA Captures Typhoon Jangmi’s Massive Eye in Stunning Nighttime Image

Typhoon Jangmi May 30Typhoon Jangmi dazzled from space with a giant swirling eye while drenching parts of Japan with heavy rain. From late May into early June 2026, Typhoon Jangmi slowly tracked north-northwest across the Philippine Sea on a path toward southern Japan. Although the storm moved at a relatively slow pace, it spread intense rainfall across a [...]

Super Typhoon Sinlaku Was So Powerful It Made the Sky Ripple With Gravity Waves

Super Typhoon Sinlaku Atmospheric Gravity WavesA rapidly intensifying super typhoon sent giant atmospheric ripples skyward, revealing a hidden connection between extreme weather and near-space. In April 2026, Super Typhoon Sinlaku swept across the North Pacific, bringing torrential rain and flooding to parts of the Mariana Islands. The storm intensified into a “violent typhoon,” the highest category used by the Japan [...]

Don’t Miss: Venus Is About To Disappear Behind the Moon

Venus Moon Occultation 2023A disappearing Venus, a planet parade, and the start of summer make June a must-see month for skywatchers. June brings several notable skywatching events, including a close meeting between Venus and Jupiter, a rare occasion when the Moon moves in front of Venus, the arrival of astronomical summer, and the return of favorite deep-sky sights. [...]

NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Search 100 Million Stars for New Worlds

Milky Way Galaxy Envrionments InfographicNASA’s Roman Telescope could reveal 100,000 hidden worlds and rewrite what we know about planets across the Milky Way. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to dramatically expand humanity’s catalog of worlds beyond our solar system. Known as exoplanets, these distant planets number nearly 6,300 discoveries so far through NASA missions and other [...]

NASA’s X-59 Sonic Boom Killer Is Ready for Its Biggest Test Yet

NASA X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology AircraftNASA’s strange-looking X-59 jet is about to reach the milestone it was built for: flying faster than the speed of sound. NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for one of the most important phases of its flight testing program. The next series of flights will include the aircraft’s first journey beyond the speed of sound, [...]
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