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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FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 'mishap'
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again.
What is Star City, the secret Cold War cosmonaut training town in Apple TV's new 'For All Mankind' spinoff?
Here's everything you need to know about the forbidden city.
Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today
Cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 27), and you can watch the action live.
Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says
NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the ball rolling.
NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan today. Here's how to watch it live.
NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.
'For All Mankind's' Costa Ronin on ruling Mars, honoring cosmonaut history, and learning to tie his tie (interview)
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and that goes for Red Planet rulers as well as Earth.
'For All Mankind's' Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson on wearing those 'clunky' cool spacesuits and training with a Green Beret (interview)
"The spacesuits are like real spacesuits! They're so complicated and much heavier than you'd ever expect."
Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years
This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA.
