NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the United States government agency responsible for space exploration, space technology, and aeronautics research. As a space agency, NASA leads both crewed and robotic missions, develops new space technologies, and conducts research in space science. NASA is known for its partnerships with organizations like ESA and its work on programs like the International Space Station (ISS), the Artemis Program, and the Space Launch System (SLS). Associated keywords include: space exploration, aeronautics, space technology, and scientific discovery.
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NASA chose a reboost mission for Swift to demonstrate a commercial servicing capability and extend the observatory’s scientific lifetime at lower cost than replacing its instruments.
NASA transferred Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon mission, which returned them to Earth on March 18, 2025.
Katalyst Space LINK is ready to launch no earlier than June 30 on a mission to capture and raise NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
SBIC-NASA is formalized through a memorandum of understanding between NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
NASA management concurred with all six OIG recommendations and described corrective actions.
NASA selected Astrobotic to deliver a suite of agency payloads to the lunar surface in support of NASA’s Moon Base initiative.
NASA classified the Starliner CFT mission as a Type A mishap in February 2026.
NASA did not exercise its contractual rights to access Boeing’s flight simulator training data.
NASA awarded the launches under the VADR contract on June 25.
NASA advisory committee chair Susan Helms warned that the risk margin for regular International Space Station operations has been reduced to an alarming level.
NASA's compliance rate for end-of-mission disposal within 25 years reached 96% during the 2010s.
NASA delayed Phase 2 awards for its Commercial LEO Destinations program last year.
NASA ACO provides companies with NASA expertise, infrastructure, and technical resources to accelerate technology development for future lunar and Mars missions.
VADR is a NASA program for acquiring launch services for small satellites with a maximum contract value of $300 million.
NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office funds the FAME project.
The SBA will use its SBIC investment framework to provide federal matching leverage to licensed private equity and venture capital funds under the SBIC-NASA Initiative.
The SBIC-NASA Initiative mobilizes private institutional capital to build manufacturing capabilities for sustained lunar operations and future Martian exploration frameworks.
NASA reoriented Swift to minimize drag, which slowed orbital decay but required shutting down most of its science instruments.
NASA’s Office of Strategic Capital will connect vetted small business defense and civil contractors with participating SBIC fund managers through technical briefings and matchmaking forums.
NASA replaced the Apollo color camera’s SEC tubes with Electron Bounded Silicon tubes.