Space Station Aboard SpaceX CRS-28 

NASA’s 28th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, June 3.

SpaceX’s Dragon will deliver new science investigations, food, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including the next pair of IROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays). The solar panels will expand the energy-production capabilities of the space station. Each new IROSA will produce more than 20 kilowatts of electricity, and once installed will enable a 30% increase in power production over the station’s current arrays.

Live launch coverage will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website, with prelaunch events starting Friday, June 2.

June Skywatching Tips – Mars and Venus get closer, the bright stars of Summer, and how an ancient scholar used the June solstice to determine the size of planet Earth.

Expedition 69 Crew Turn Their Attention to Upcoming Spacewalks – Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station, Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg, will conduct spacewalks Friday, June 9, and Thursday, June 15, to install two new solar arrays.

Starliner Managers Stand Down from July Launch Attempt – During a media teleconference on Thursday, June 1, managers from the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station – the first flight with astronauts aboard the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft – shared they have decided to stand down on a July launch attempt in order to address recent emerging issues.

Spain Becomes the 25th Artemis Accords Signatory – During a ceremony at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Tuesday, May 30, Spain became the 25th country to sign the Artemis Accords. Additional countries will sign the Artemis Accords in the months and years ahead, as the agency works with international partners to establish a safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space.

Send your name to Jupiter's moon by signing a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón that will travel aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft.

The VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) engineering test team uses lunar soil simulants and hand-picked rocks to carefully shape the terrain to realistically mimic actual features at the surface of the Moon’s South Pole at in the SLOPE Lab - short for Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

Image credit: NASA/Bridget Caswell