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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A congressional letter is putting NASA on blast.
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"I felt like it was time to give the Gemini program its due. It was an opportunity not to be missed."
Could this film become the 1st western movie to send a filmmaker into space?
An Italian producer has announced plans for the first western film to launch a filmmaker into low-Earth orbit to shoot key scenes.
This company wants to be the 1st to launch human remains to Mars. Will it ever get there?
Space memorial company Celestis has opened reservations for its "Mars300" spaceflight that aims to send human remains to orbit around the Red Planet.
FAA restricts commercial rocket launches indefinitely due to air traffic risks from government shutdown
The FAA hopes to alleviate some of the airline delays being caused by the government shutdown, and will restrict commercial space launches during peak air traffic hours.
China reached out to NASA to avoid a potential satellite collision in 1st-of-its-kind space cooperation
A NASA official said that China contacted the U.S. space agency recently to coordinate a satellite maneuver, marking the first time the Chinese side had reached out to its American counterpart.
This Apollo-era radio telescope in the NC mountains once spied on Soviet satellites. Now it's for sale
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The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in North Carolina is home to a NASA radio telescope that once spied on Soviet satellites. It's now for sale.
How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope's blurry vision
An ultra-high-resolution instrument on board NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. AI helped fix the problem.
