Historic Highlights From the Department of War

Service members train and prepare year-round so when disasters strike, troops are ready to help those in harm’s way. Learn how you can prepare, too. Source: www.war.gov

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some key facts about this wide-view mission. Teams inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman…

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the National Museum of the United States Army opened an exhibit that chronicles what the Army and the Army Corps of Engineers did in the minutes, days and months following the tragedy to help the nation rebuild. Source: www.war.gov

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Hurricane Melissa is seen 50 miles south of Jamaica in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 28, 2025. NASA Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial…

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman prepares to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to board NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the agency’s Artemis II launch on April 1, 2026. Credit: NASA/John Kraus As part…

NASA/Brandon Hancock The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission – NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – visited Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 1, 2026, where they met with the NASA workforce at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The event gave the crew an opportunity to…