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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COSMIC is funded in part by a NASA TechLeap Prize and a NASA SBIR Phase III contract.
NASA had not publicly released a final root-cause determination for Peregrine Mission 1 as of mid-2025.
NASA is prioritizing lunar surface infrastructure over an orbital station in the Artemis program.
GHGSat’s technology has been independently validated by NASA and the European Space Agency.
The acquisition transferred Astrobotic’s full Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order portfolio under NASA contract vehicle NNH19ZCQ001K into Voyager Technologies’ corporate structure.
NASA will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 30, to replace a wrist joint on the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.
The Interim Control Module would have used an active APDA with NASA designator -7002 and Energia product code 008-11 and a passive APDA with NASA designator -8002 and Energia product code 008-12.
Astrobotic’s Griffin lander had no active primary payload manifest after NASA canceled the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover mission.
Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus rocket is slated for a rapid-response mission to keep NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory operational.
Axiom Space and Prada have unveiled the inner cooling and ventilation layer of the next-generation lunar spacesuit for NASA astronauts.
Axiom Space holds the NASA contract to develop the AxEMU for the Artemis program.
Researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will design, build, and integrate the Aeolus payload.
The mission requires approval from the Multilateral Crew Operations Panel and from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, JAXA, and CSA as the five ISS partners.
NASA will use Aeolus data to inform entry, descent, and landing systems for future crewed Mars missions.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program uses fixed-price commercial contracts to deliver spacecraft to the lunar surface.
NASA will send the Aeolus atmospheric instrument suite to Mars aboard a Relativity Space spacecraft.
NASA and Relativity Space formed a public-private partnership for the Aeolus Mars mission.
Astrobotic’s Griffin lander is designed to carry NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover to the lunar south pole.
NASA will support Aeolus science instrument operations for at least one Martian year, or roughly 687 Earth days.
NASA and Relativity Space will send the NASA-built Aeolus atmospheric instrument suite to Mars under a public-private partnership announced on June 17, 2026.