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The Artemis II Moon mission
crew visits D.C.

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Another partner to land
humans on the Moon.

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And preparing to get to 
the heart of “cosmic matter.”

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A few of the stories to tell you about.
This Week at NASA!

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The Artemis II astronauts were in the
Washington, D.C. area May 17

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through May 19 to discuss their
upcoming Moon mission.

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NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and
Christina Hammock Koch, and the
Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen

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met with members of Congress, officials
at the Canadian Embassy, and 
participated in other activities.

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Artemis II will be the first mission to
fly astronauts to the Moon
in more than 50 years.

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On May 19, we selected Blue Origin to 
develop a sustainable human landing system

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for the Artemis V Moon mission.

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The human landing system will transport
astronauts to and from the lunar surface

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and Gateway in lunar orbit as part of
NASA’s return to the Moon

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for science, exploration, and inspiration.

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The agency already is working with SpaceX
to develop landers for the Artemis III
and Artemis IV missions.

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The Focal Plane System, or FPS, the heart
of our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope,

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was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace
in Colorado to be integrated into

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the telescope’s primary instrument –
a giant camera called
the Wide Field Instrument.

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Roman, which is targeted for launch by
May 2027, will help unravel the secrets

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of dark energy and dark matter,
look for exoplanets,

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and carry out other infrared
investigations of the cosmos.

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Researchers have used our
James Webb Space Telescope

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to confirm water vapor around a comet in
the main asteroid belt – a rare so-called
main belt comet – for the first time.

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This finding indicates water ice from the 
ancient solar system can be preserved in 
that region of space,

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which is closer to the Sun than where most
comets are typically located.

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Now, researchers will try to figure out 
why, unlike other comets,

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this one had no detectable carbon dioxide.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA.