NASA is the space agency run by the United States to oversee American space exploration, research and technology. NASA, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was founded in 1958 as a civilian agency for U.S. space exploration. Prior to 1958, the agency's progenitor was known as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. NASA develops, builds and launches missions to study the Earth, moon and sun, as well as the entire solar system and beyond. The agency has its headquarters in Washington D.C., with major centers in Florida (the Kennedy Space Center for launches) and Houston (the Johnson Space Center, home of the astronaut corps). Other centers are spread across the country for scientific research, test flights and spacecraft manufacturing. NASA's current chief is Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who is leading the agency's mission of returning astronauts to the moon and sending them on to Mars. See the latest NASA news.
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NASA will announce moon base news today: Watch it live
NASA will provide an update about its moon base plans this afternoon, and you can watch it live.
Watch 2 NASA astronauts fix ISS' huge robotic arm during spacewalk today
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will fix the International Space Station's Canadarm2 during a spacewalk today (June 30), and you can watch the action live.
The James Webb Space Telescope peered into one of the universe's oldest galaxy clusters, and scientists can't explain what they saw
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a massive and densely packed galaxy cluster at "cosmic noon" before such structures were thought to be possible.
NASA's canceled Artemis hardware contracts reached $5.9 billion, audit finds
A memo issued by NASA Office of Inspector General highlights huge cost increases and extended timelines for Artemis program hardware that has since been canceled.
NASA's aging infrastructure can't handle Artemis launches without $1 billion in upgrades, watchdog warns
NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle.
Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks
"Measurements of two mudstones show hundreds of organic detections, making this the most robust organic detection in Jezero crater."
This 'improbable' exoplanet system is so wonky because of a weird object within
"This discovery provides a crucial insight into how planets form even around massive, eccentric objects."
'Let's not fool the public': Why moon art should be more realistic in the Artemis age
As NASA's Artemis program hits its stride, there's an urgent need to guard against artistic misrepresentations of the moon, experts say.
