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 FY26 in-space transportation priorities include transferring low-loss cryogenic fluid between spacecraft in partial gravity and microgravity environments at scales sufficient for human exploration missions.
NASA’s FY26 in-space transportation priorities include reliable transportation for small spacecraft to destinations beyond cislunar space.
NASA’s FY26 computing, networking, and habitat priorities include high-performance computing in extreme temperature, high-radiation, and dusty environments.
Pablo Álvarez is training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on microgravity operations in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
NASA’s fiscal year 2026 focus areas include spending on landing at the lunar south pole, moving regolith in a demo mission, and making technology robust enough to survive the long lunar night.
NASA’s FY26 Mars and atmospheric entry priorities include decelerating large payloads to the Martian surface.
Angela Krenn is the acting chief architect for NASA Technology.
NASA’s FY26 science and deep space observation priorities include autonomously performing science operations on commercial LEO destinations and lunar surface laboratories.
NASA’s FY26 lunar surface and landing priorities include autonomous assembly and construction of structures on the lunar surface.
NASA’s FY26 science and deep space observation priorities include quantum technologies that increase the sensitivity and resolution of science instruments by orders of magnitude.
NASA’s FY26 lunar surface and landing priorities include producing oxygen from lunar regolith at a scale relevant for a demonstration mission.
A reentry capsule carrying payloads for the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, and Sandia National Laboratory touched down at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia.
NASA’s @NASAMoonBase will serve as a habitat where astronauts live and work during long-term science missions.
NASA awarded Momentus a $5.1 million contract to demonstrate microgravity protein crystallization and a $2.5 million contract for an on-orbit rotating detonation rocket engine test.
Varda’s W-6 capsule carried payloads from NASA and other United States government partners focused on next-generation thermal protection systems.
Alex MacDonald was NASA’s first Chief Economist.
NASA selected 15 firms nationally as part of an approximately $16.3 million seed investment in early-stage space technology in April 2026.
NASA has since implemented an office for research security.
The report recommends a task force made up of Department of Justice and NASA Office of Inspector General officials to scrutinize potential violations of the Wolf Amendment.
NASA’s Lunar Gateway Program is on indefinite pause, and Canada’s planned Canadarm3 contribution is consequently on indefinite pause.