A NASA night-sky article dated Aug. 15, 2026 describes the constellation Cygnus, its star Deneb, the Veil Nebula and the black hole Cygnus X-1, about 6,070 light years away.
A NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day posted August 14, 2026 features a photo taken August 12 at 17:33:26 UTC along Greenland's east coast, near the start of clearing skies on the path of totality.
The European Space Agency's image roundup for 10-14 August 2026 includes astronaut Sophie Adenot preparing for her first spacewalk, a Webb view of the Lion Nebula and a Proba-3 artificial solar eclipse.
ESA says its Proba-3 satellites captured the Moon crossing their field of view just hours before the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse swept across parts of Europe, while the pair kept up their own artificial eclipse.
On Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, NASA's 737 was painted in Oklahoma as it progresses with modifications for use as a reduced gravity test aircraft, NASA reported that day.
A NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published on August 13, 2026, described the Moon's total eclipse of the Sun a day earlier, with views of totality captured in Zaragoza, Spain.
In a report published Aug 12, 2026, NASA described how Lunar Station Corp. combines agency lunar data in models to support commercial mission planning, including searches for shallow lunar water.
As of Aug. 12, 2026, NASA reported preparations for a spacewalk planned for Tuesday, Aug. 18, when two astronauts would replace a high-speed data and communications antenna outside the International Space Station.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 12, 2026, featured a 2024 Perseid meteor image from Poland and noted that the 2026 shower was expected to peak that night with 50-100 meteors per hour.
NASA reported on Aug. 11, 2026, that its suitcase-size LEMS seismometer package completed hardware development and testing and awaits assignment to an Artemis mission for deployment near the lunar South Pole.
In a report dated Aug. 11, 2026, NASA said Expedition 75 crew members conducted vein scans and spacesuit servicing ahead of a spacewalk planned for Tuesday, Aug. 18.
NASA released an image of planetary nebula NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope with its NIRCam and MIRI instruments; the image was released Aug. 10, 2026.
