WeeklyTrailNASA Reports ISS Crew Health Studies and Cargo Work on Sept. 21, 2026
A Sept. 21, 2026 NASA report described Expedition 75 crew performing body measurements, exercise monitoring and cargo transfers aboard the International Space Station.
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NASA's Johnson Space Center Exhibits at Houston's 33rd Japan Festival
In a Sept. 21, 2026 report, NASA said Johnson Space Center employees staffed a booth at Houston's Japan Festival on Sept. 12-13, showing Artemis III crew materials, models of Orion and the space station, and astronaut gear visitors could try on.
NASA APOD, Sept. 21, 2026: Cocoon Nebula imaged from Death Valley
The Sept. 21, 2026 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146, with a bright head spanning about 10 light years and a dark dust tail spanning nearly 100 light years, both about 2,500 light years away.
Co-branded Pikachu plush shown floating in ISS Cupola
A special Astronaut Pikachu plush travelled to the International Space Station as part of a collaboration between ESA and The Pokémon Company International, ESA reported on 21 September 2026.
NASA APOD features year-long solar analemma above Scotland’s Callanish Stones
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 20, 2026, showed an analemma composed from images taken every few days at noon near Callanish in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
Progress 96 docks at ISS with about three tons of supplies
A NASA blog post dated Sept. 19, 2026, reported that Roscosmos's Progress 96 cargo spacecraft docked at the International Space Station's Poisk module to resupply the Expedition 75 crew.
NASA APOD Shows Zodiacal Light Over India's Hanle Dark Sky Reserve
An APOD image published September 19, 2026, captured zodiacal light before astronomical twilight at the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve in Ladakh, India, about 4,500 meters in altitude.
NASA APOD (Sept 18, 2026): Messier 33, the Triangulum Galaxy
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 18, 2026 featured Messier 33, a face-on spiral galaxy over 50,000 light-years across, about 3 million light-years from the Milky Way.
MIT Researcher Explores Plasma Reactor for Martian Oxygen and Propellant Production
MIT PhD candidate Lanie McKinney is researching a plasma reactor paired with an oxygen-selective membrane to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and other products, an approach that could eventually support life support and propellant production on Mars.
Hubble image reveals NGC 4698, a spiral galaxy whose centre spins out of step
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged NGC 4698, a spiral galaxy about 55 million light-years away whose central bulge extends at a right angle to its disc, with inner stars and gas rotating perpendicular to the rest of the galaxy.
NASA, SpaceX Crew-13 Enters Quarantine Ahead of Planned Early October Launch
As of September 17, 2026, NASA and SpaceX were targeting an early October launch to the International Space Station while the four-person Crew-13 began routine prelaunch quarantine in Houston.
Expedition 75 crew solders electronics and prepares for Progress 96 cargo arrival
NASA reported on Sept. 17, 2026, that the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station worked on circuit board soldering, spacesuit upkeep and preparations for the Progress 96 cargo spacecraft, alongside cardiac research and virtual reality tests.