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 added lens caps and backup black-and-white cameras after Apollo 12 to reduce the risk of camera failure on later missions.
Bill Spetch said NASA has four spacesuits on the International Space Station and a fifth suit is coming this fall.
NASA will identify technological shortfalls and engineering priorities across the civil aerospace sector under the SBIC-NASA Initiative.
NASA spent more than $1 billion on the cancelled OSAM-1 satellite servicing demo mission.
NASA required the Swift reboost mission to launch before Swift’s orbit decayed to about 300 kilometers.
NASA originally expected TSIS-2 to fly as a rideshare payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
NASA’s Johnson Space Center and several commercial space station operators are among the partners near The Exploration Company’s Houston hiring location.
NASA’s Office of Strategic Capital will begin hosting technical briefings and matchmaking forums in the third quarter of 2026.
The new NASA ACO 2025 agreements are expected to last 12 to 24 months.
NASA also has contracts for the astrophyics mission Aspera and the technology demonstration mission Loxsat, which will use a Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft.
NASA reassigned TSIS-2 to a dedicated Rocket Lab Electron launch.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory selected Loft Orbital to host and fly demonstrations of artificial intelligence software for near-real-time Earth observation data processing without human intervention.
NASA’s budget is roughly three orders of magnitude lower than global spending on energy generation, transformation, distribution, and consumption each year.
NASA’s Mars Exploration Program and the Exploration Science Strategy Integration Office under the Science Mission Directorate in Washington currently fund the ERNEST program.
NASA canceled the VIPER mission in July 2024 before Voyager Technologies acquired Astrobotic Technology.
NASA confirmed that a prototype four-wheel planetary rover completed high-speed autonomous field trials in the Colorado Desert near Plaster City, California, in a report issued on June 18, 2026.
Caltech manages NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed the ERNEST prototype in Southern California.
NASA is winding down the Space Technology and Aeronautics Research directorates.
NASA’s Office of Inspector General found that Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia are both projected to approach or reach operational capacity by 2028 to 2029.