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 has spent approximately $8 billion on the Commercial Crew Program across SpaceX and Boeing awards combined.
NASA assigned Anil Menon a research program on Soyuz MS-29 that is intended to validate technologies for future human space exploration.
NASA uses the International Space Station as a technology maturation platform for future Artemis missions.
NASA’s Boeing Commercial Crew Transportation Capability award was ultimately valued at approximately $4.2 billion.
The acting NASA administrator ordered NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate to release a request for proposals for a nuclear reactor system in July 2025.
Soyuz MS-29 will carry NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina to the International Space Station.
NASA and Roscosmos continue to operate together on the International Space Station.
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has a single certified human spaceflight transportation provider and no near-term path to a second provider.
NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission flew AF-M315E on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in June 2019 on the Space Test Program-2 mission.
Venus Aerospace appointed former NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy to its board of directors.
NASA’s Office of Inspector General released report IG-26-011 on April 24, 2026, as a formal audit of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
NASA returned Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon after an extended stay on the International Space Station.
Katalyst Space Technologies built the LINK servicer in under nine months on a roughly $30 million NASA contract.
NASA’s 2025 nuclear reactor program seeks a reactor producing at least 100 kilowatts of electric power and weighing up to 15 tons.
NASA paid $56.3 million for Pegasus to launch the ICON mission in 2014.
NASA indicated by early 2026 that it planned both a Space Reactor-1 for in-space use and a Lunar Reactor-1 for lunar use.
NASA’s 2025 nuclear reactor program aims to have the reactor ready for flight by the end of 2029.
Pegasus first launched from a NASA B-52 on April 5, 1990.
Pegasus was the world’s first privately developed orbital launch vehicle when it first flew from a NASA B-52 on April 5, 1990.
NASA conceived the CHSF in the early 1980s to provide hazardous processing for large shuttle-class payloads.