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La NASA compartirá información actualizada sobre la evaluación de aptitud para el vuelo de Artemis II

2026-03-09 16:34

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft.

El transportador oruga 2 de la NASA, que traslada el cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial con la nave espacial Orion de la misión Artemis II de la agencia, llega el 25 de febrero de 2026 al interior del Edificio de Ensamblaje de Vehículos del Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA en Florida para solucionar el problema del flujo de helio a la etapa superior del cohete (la etapa de propulsión criogénica provisional). Una vez completado, el cohete regresará al Complejo de Lanzamiento 39B para prepararse para lanzar a cuatro astronautas en el vuelo de prueba Artemis II alrededor de la Luna y de vuelta.

Crédito: NASA/Cory Huston

Read this media advisory in English here.

La NASA ofrecerá una rueda de prensa a las 3 p.m. EDT (hora del este) del jueves 12 de marzo para dar a conocer el progreso de la misión tripulada Artemis II alrededor de la Luna. La rueda de prensa tendrá lugar en el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la agencia en Florida, tras la conclusión de la evaluación de aptitud para el vuelo de Artemis II.
La rueda de prensa se transmitirá en vivo en el canal de YouTube de la agencia. Aprenda a transmitir contenido de la NASA a través de diversas plataformas en línea, incluidas las redes sociales, según disponibilidad.

Entre los participantes de la NASA se encuentran:

Jared Isaacman, administrador
Lori Glaze, administradora asociada interina, Dirección de Misiones de Sistemas de Exploración
John Honeycutt, director del equipo de gestión de la misión Artemis II
Shawn Quinn, director del Programa de Sistemas Terrestres de Exploración.
Norm Knight, director, Dirección de Operaciones de Vuelo

La asistencia en persona a este evento en el centro Kennedy está abierta a los medios de comunicación previamente acreditados para el lanzamiento de Artemis II. Para participar virtualmente, los medios de comunicación deben confirmar su asistencia y solicitar los detalles de la llamada al menos 30 minutos antes del inicio del evento a la sala de prensa del centro Kennedy: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov. La política de acreditación de medios de la NASA está disponible en línea (en inglés).

La NASA continúa su trabajo en el cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial y la nave espacial Orion en el Edificio de Ensamblaje de Vehículos del centro Kennedy antes de un segundo traslado a la plataforma de lanzamiento a finales de este mes, antes de un posible lanzamiento en abril.

Como parte de una edad de oro de innovación y exploración, Artemis allanará el camino para nuevas misiones tripuladas estadounidenses en la superficie lunar, como preparación para enviar a los primeros astronautas a Marte.

Para más información sobre el programa Artemis, visite:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis (inglés)

https://ciencia.nasa.gov/artemis (español)

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Bethany Stevens / Rachel Kraft / María José Viñas
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Tiffany Fairley
Centro Espacial Kennedy, Florida
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NASA to Share Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Update

2026-03-09 15:57

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Once complete, the SLS rocket will roll back to Launch Complex 39B to prepare to launch four astronauts around the Moon and back for the Artemis II test flight.

Credit: NASA/Cory Huston

NASA will host a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 12, to highlight progress toward the Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon. The media briefing will take place from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the conclusion of an Artemis II Flight Readiness Review.

The news conference will stream live on the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media, as available.

NASA participants include:

Administrator Jared Isaacman
Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
John Honeycutt, chair, Artemis II Mission Management Team
Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program
Norm Knight, director, Flight Operations Directorate

This event is open in-person for media previously credentialed at NASA Kennedy for the Artemis II launch. To participate virtually, media must RSVP for call details no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the event to the newsroom at NASA Kennedy: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov. NASA’s media credentialing policy is online.

NASA is continuing work on the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft in NASA Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building before a second rollout to the launch pad later this month ahead of a potential launch in April.

As part of Golden Age of innovation and exploration, NASA will send Artemis astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars.

To learn more about the Artemis program, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis

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Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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TB 26-03 Flammability Testing Configuration and Approach of Barrier MaterialAssemblies Designed for Space Flight Applications

2026-03-09 15:50

The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) partnered with Materials and Processes and Flammability subject matter experts from the Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility, and the Marshall Space Flight Center to design and develop a test for evaluating the effectiveness of material assemblies to serve as a barrier between a potential cabin ignition source based on typical flammable materials in the habitable volume of spacecraft.

Download PDF: Flammability Testing Configuration and Approach of Barrier Material Assemblies Designed for Space Flight Applications

Webb Studies Cranium Nebula

2026-03-09 15:09

A shell of ghostly gas encapsulates a cloud of amber-colored gases that blow out in both directions from a central point. This makes the nebula look like a top-down view of two brain hemispheres inside a transparent skull. The scene is decorated with multicolor dots of light, representing distant galaxies and stars. The stars shown here have six points, characteristic of Webb images.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula. Webb captured its unusual features in both near- and mid-infrared light. The nebula was first revealed in infrared light by a predecessor to Webb, NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope, more than a decade ago. Webb’s advanced instruments show detail that enhances the nebula’s brain-like appearance. This image, released on Feb. 25, 2026, is in near-infrared light.

The nebula appears to have distinct regions that capture different phases of its evolution — an outer shell of gas that was blown off first and consists mostly of hydrogen, and an inner cloud with more structure that contains a mix of different gases. Both Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) show a distinctive dark lane running vertically through the middle of the nebula that defines its brain-like look of left and right hemispheres. Webb’s resolution shows that this lane could be related to an outburst or outflow from the central star, which typically occurs as twin jets burst out in opposite directions.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York

2026-03-09 15:06

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is seated inside the Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station. He is wearing a red shirt and black shorts with three white stripes underneath the right pocket. Chris is holding a device with a cord in his left hand and there are blank computer screens in front of him. He is smiling brightly and looking directly at the camera.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams calls mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training while inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module.

NASA/Jessica Meir

Students in New York will hear from NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station.

The Earth-to-space call will begin at 12:05 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 11, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel.

This event is hosted by the Queens Borough Public Library in Jamaica, New York, for students in grades K-12 and members of the community. This unique opportunity aims to deepen understanding of space exploration and inspire young people to pursue a future career in STEM.

Media interested in covering the event must RSVP by 5 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 10, to Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska at: 917-702-0016 or Ewa.KernJedrychowska@queenslibrary.org; or to Elisabeth deBourbon at: 917-650-3815 or Elisabeth.deBourbon@queenslibrary.org.

For more than 25 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing skills needed to explore farther from Earth. Astronauts communicate with NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through SCaN’s (Space Communications and Navigation) Near Space Network.

Research and technology investigations taking place aboard the space station benefit people on Earth and lay the groundwork for other agency deep space missions. As part of NASA’s Artemis program, the agency will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars, inspiring the world through discovery in a new Golden Age of innovation and exploration.

See more information on NASA in-flight calls at:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

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