NASA Minute: Aug. 7, 2026

NASA’s latest video highlights progress toward America’s Moon Base, showcasing commercial landers, cargo deliveries, and key technologies for long-term lunar operations. Work continues on the Artemis III spacecraft and SLS rocket components, while NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon recently completed a six-hour ISS spacewalk to prepare for future solar array upgrades. Meanwhile, new findings from New Horizons suggest recent liquid nitrogen flow on Pluto, and engineers restored power on Voyager 2 to extend its scientific mission in interstellar space.

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From low Earth orbit to the edge of the solar system, it’s full steam ahead here at NASA. Here’s what’s new this week, in your NASA Minute! This week, NASA released a new video update on the progress toward America’s Moon Base, highlighting commercial landers, cargo missions, and technology demonstrations that will help lay the foundation for long-term operations on the Moon. Check out the full video to see how these exciting missions are progressing. The spacecraft for Artemis III is coming together.

At Kennedy Space Center, technicians joined together the Orion crew module and service module that will carry the Artemis III crew crew on their mission next year. And meanwhile, teams are continuing to work on the Space Launch System rocket, with stacking, engine installation, and welding at Marshall Space Flight Center moving forward steadily. On Thursday, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir Anil Menon completed a spacewalk, working for over six hours outside the International Space Station. This was Meir’s sixth spacewalk and Menon’s first, just three weeks after he arrived on station last month. Wrapping up, here are some discoveries from further out in our Solar System!

Recent studies of New Horizons images suggest that liquid nitrogen may have recently flowed on Pluto, rising through cracks in its famous heart-shaped glacier. And even farther from home, NASA engineers successfully freed up power on Voyager 2, allowing the spacecraft to continue its work far beyond our solar system. From maintaining human life off of Earth to building America’s Moon Base, NASA is pushing forward on every frontier. We’ll see you next time on the NASA Minute.

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