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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The NASA SBIR Ignite initiative is administered under NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate.
DARPA is collaborating with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, NASA, and SpaceLogistics on a sustainable, upgradable, and resilient space infrastructure.
NASA originally lacked a system to monitor contracts for compliance with the Wolf Amendment.
The Wolf Amendment generally bars NASA and the Office of Science and Technology Policy from using government money to collaborate with China or Chinese-owned companies unless Congress and the FBI authorize an exception.
The 2011 Wolf Amendment imposed restrictions on NASA-funded institutions seeking to use data from Chinese missions such as Chang'e 5.
Under NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s new directive, success or failure will be measured in months rather than years.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars on May 15, 2026.
NASA bears ultimate responsibility for crew safety in the Human Landing System program.
NASA monitored the Mars flyby through the Deep Space Network with navigation data from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Perseverance.
NASA established the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative in 2018 to contract American companies to deliver science and technology payloads to the lunar surface.
NASA’s Psyche mission is traveling to the asteroid Psyche in the belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The report recommends a central authority at NASA, DoD, or another entity to coordinate the launch-approval process.
NASA intends the Psyche mission to study the metallic asteroid Psyche to better understand how Earth formed.
NASA has obligated nearly $7 billion to Human Landing System lander development since the HLS program began in 2019.
NASA officials initially set CLPS delivery schedules at an average of 30 months from contract award to launch.
NASA plans to substantially increase CLPS launch frequency under a follow-on contract called CLPS 2.0.
The March 2026 NASA Office of Inspector General report found gaps in NASA’s testing posture and incomplete crew survival analyses for the Human Landing System program.
NASA plans to use Psyche data to determine whether the asteroid is part of the core of a planetesimal.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft captured a rare crescent view of Mars during the flyby.
NASA and SpaceX remain in disagreement over whether SpaceX meets the manual control requirement for astronauts to override automated systems during lunar descent.