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WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he is interested in meeting with his Russian counterpart and attending an upcoming Soyuz launch. Asked about cooperation with Roscosmos during a news conference after the Crew-12 launch to the International Space Station on Feb. 13, Isaacman said he plans to attend the next crewed Soyuz launch to the station, scheduled for this summer from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. “I am certainly planning to attend the next crewed Soyuz launch,” he said, noting he has a “good friend that’s going to be going up on that mission, so it would be hard to imagine to miss it..” The mission, Soyuz MS-29, will carry NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina to the ISS. Menon is married to Anna Menon, w...

Spring Break Meets Space Exploration and Live Music Space Center Houston’s Moon 2 Mars Festival, presented by Wellby Financial, lands March 11–14, 2026, blending hands-on space exploration with live music and festival energy. The four-day event is built for families, students, space enthusiasts and music lovers alike. By day, you explore space science and technology. By night, you catch live concerts under the stars. On March 13 and 14, Space Center Houston transforms into a live music venue anchored by two bands that shaped alternative rock across different decades: The Wallflowers and 311. Two nights. Two distinct sounds. One stage set against the skyline of rockets. Let’s break it down. Friday night: The Wallflowers The Wallflowers built their reputation on sharp...

Northern Japan, especially the island of Hokkaido, is home to some of the snowiest cities in the world. Sapporo, the island's largest city and host of an annual snow festival, typically sees more than 140 days of snowfall, with nearly 6 meters (20 feet) accumulating on average each year. The ski resorts surrounding the city delight in the relatively dry, powdery "sea-effect" snow that often falls when frigid air from Siberia flows across the relatively warm waters of the Sea of Japan. However, despite the region’s familiarity with heavy snowfall, winter 2026 got off to a disruptive start. A series of intense storms in January and February repeatedly paralyzed transportation systems, closing airports, snarling roadways, and suspending trains. Following storms that dropped more than ...

ALTOn this day last year, the Artemis I rocket and spacecraft lit up the sky and embarked on the revolutionary mission to the Moon and back. The first integrated flight test of the rocket and spacecraft continued for 25.5 days, validating NASA’s deep exploration systems and setting the stage for humanity’s return to the lunar surface.ALTOn Nov. 16, 2022, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket met or exceeded all expectations during its debut launch on Artemis I. The twin solid rocket booster motors responsible for producing more than 7 million pounds of thrust at liftoff reached their performance target, helping SLS and the Orion spacecraft reach a speed of about 4,000 mph in just over two minutes before the boosters separated.ALTQuite a few payloads caught a ride aboard the Orion spacecraft...

WASHINGTON — NASA officials defended their preparations for the Artemis 2 mission after a fueling test experienced the same type of hydrogen leaks that bedeviled Artemis 1 more than three years ago. NASA wrapped up the wet dress rehearsal, or WDR, for Artemis 2 in the early morning hours Feb. 3 after a hydrogen leak was detected during the terminal phase of the practice countdown. The agency announced shortly afterward that it would not attempt to launch the mission, the first crewed flight to the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years, during the current launch period, which closes Feb. 11. The leak during the terminal countdown was the second encountered during the WDR. The first occurred hours earlier during the “fast fill” of the liquid hydrogen tank in the core stage of ...