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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully launched into orbit, beginning a $4.3 billion mission to study dark energy, dark matter, and search for exoplanets. The telescope, named after NASA's first chief astronomer, will survey billions of galaxies to unravel cosmic mysteries.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the first U.S. Space Academy, a new national institution to train personnel for the Space Force, NASA, and the civilian aerospace industry. The announcement came during an event honoring the Artemis II crew, where Trump also awarded them the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
NASA has unveiled the four astronauts for Artemis III, a preparatory flight ahead of returning humans to the Moon. The mission is slated for late 2027. The crew includes Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, Luca Parmitano, and Randy Bresnik.
NASA has ordered four astronauts aboard the International Space Station to prepare for a possible evacuation as Russian engineers work to repair a worsening air leak. The order applies to NASA's Crew-12, which includes two Americans, a French astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut. Russian space agency Roscosmos decided to conduct a more extensive repair on June 5 after detecting new leaks in the Zvezda module.
