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 is undergoing an agencywide realignment intended to increase mission focus and speed delivery of priorities in the National Space Policy.
NASA named Kevin Coggins as director of Space Communications and Navigation in the Research and Technology Mission Directorate.
NASA named Adam Steltzner as chief engineer for Special Projects.
NASA will reorganise its mission directorates into the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, the Research and Technology Mission Directorate, and the unchanged Science Mission Directorate.
NASA's realignment follows a late-March Ignition event with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and agency leaders.
NASA named Dr. James Kenyon as associate administrator of the Research and Technology Mission Directorate.
NASA will run a competition for the next contract to manage and operate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
NASA will combine the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and the Space Technology Mission Directorate into the Research and Technology Mission Directorate.
NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya will continue to receive reports from centre directors.
NASA will increase specialisation at centres and integrate mission directorates under the new structure.
NASA’s current Jet Propulsion Laboratory contract has a potential maximum value of $30 billion if all options are exercised.
NASA intends to keep the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s existing physical location.
LROC data represent a significant part of the more than 1.8 petabytes stored in NASA’s Planetary Data System.
LROC images are used to generate global terrain models, high-resolution local terrain models, surface feature and composition maps, and landing site analysis data for NASA’s Artemis campaign and commercial lunar missions.
NASA’s Fermi mission detected a rare, unusually bright supernova.
Intuitive Machines is the prime contractor for operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Portal Space Systems’ solar thermal propulsion technology had been validated in NASA and Air Force Research Laboratory programs before commercialization.
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket provides an opportunity to deploy CubeSats on future Artemis missions.
Nikon optics that flew on NASA’s Apollo 15 mission in 1971 informed the GRUS-3 telescope design.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman administered Matt Anderson’s oath of office.