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 Mars flyby sent NASA’s Psyche spacecraft toward the metal-rich asteroid Psyche.
NASA projects total Human Landing System spending to exceed $18 billion through fiscal year 2030.
NASA added the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) as the fourth CLPS task order in 2020.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars on May 15 at a distance of about 4,500 kilometers.
Costs across the CLPS portfolio had risen by $208.2 million in a June 2024 NASA Office of Inspector General report.
On May 18, 2026, Intuitive Machines was selected as the prime contractor for operations of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) and KARI’s ShadowCam instrument.
NASA’s Human Landing Systems (HLS) program is developing crewed landers for the Artemis campaign.
Intuitive Machines plans to sell real-time orbital positioning, terrain-relative navigation, and precision surface mapping services to commercial lander operators and government agencies participating in NASA’s Artemis campaign.
NASA launched the Psyche spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center on October 13, 2023.
In a March 2026 report, NASA’s Office of Inspector General found that the Human Landing System acquisition approach had effectively controlled contract costs.
NASA’s standard safety screening volume for crewed assets is 31 miles radially by 124 miles in-track by 31 miles cross-track, or 50 km by 200 km by 50 km.
NASA has awarded 11 CLPS task orders to five vendors, and four landers have launched to date.
SpaceX and Blue Origin are each under contract with NASA to design, build, and own their respective Human Landing System landers.
NASA is collaborating with commercial partners on next-generation spacesuits and other infrastructure elements for sustained lunar operations and crewed missions to Mars.
Average CLPS schedule delays had reached at least 14 months per task order in the June 2024 NASA Office of Inspector General report.
NASA temporarily discontinued VIPER in July 2024 and added it to another CLPS task order approximately one year later.
NASA's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal cut science programs by 47%.
A multicolor camera and radiometer from NASA’s Ames Research Center and Interlune will estimate the concentration of Helium-3 in lunar regolith.
NASA is saving the final Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for Artemis 4 in 2028.
Vivace Corporation began active production of Starlab’s primary structure at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility by February 2026.