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’s planned future CLPS missions are intended to launch one new mission each month.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman seeks to launch a new CLPS mission each month.
NASA selected two companies to develop lunar spacesuits for Artemis, and one company later withdrew as development costs exceeded fixed-price funding.
NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya said NASA has not yet decided how it would procure the vehicles and hardware needed for Isaacman’s lunar strategy.
NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon in 2028.
Axiom Space is the only remaining company developing lunar spacesuits for NASA’s Artemis program.
NASA’s FY27 budget request does not mention support for microgravity-based manufacturing for benefits on Earth.
SpaceX has launched and returned more than 30 cargo flights and over a dozen crew flights for NASA.
Voyager Technologies’ Acceleration Measurement System traces its heritage to more than a decade of uninterrupted, failure-free operations on NASA’s Space Acceleration Measurement System and Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System instruments.
NASA’s Space Launch System was created as a successor to the Space Shuttle under the 2010 NASA Authorization Act.
NASA is considering a fixed-price-plus-partial-cost procurement model for future space hardware purchases.
NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya has said the procurement method for future lunar missions is still open.
NASA’s Office of Inspector General concluded that the private industry was not mature enough to conduct lunar exploration with minimal oversight and funding.
NASA has hinted at replacing the Space Launch System’s flight capability with commercial offerings for later Artemis missions.
NASA’s Space Launch System is realistically capable of producing at most one vehicle per year.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program uses fixed-cost contracts to fund simple lunar landers from multiple emerging companies.
NASA is shifting from a major investor to an incremental funder in its approach to commercial space stations.
NASA may procure SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s New Glenn 9x4 for repeated Artemis missions.
SpaceX has launched and returned more than 30 cargo flights and over a dozen crew flights for NASA at record-low prices.
NASA anticipates that the rovers funded by the awards will reach the Moon by 2028.