NASA Centers & Facilities

Asteroids
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lucy
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
Trojan Asteroids
Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a wobbly, peanut-shaped body that has undergone a lot of activity in its relatively short history.
Posted June 18, 2026
Johnson Space Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract supports up to $300 million in upgrades to mission‑support facilities, utilities, and equipment across the NASA Johnson campus.
Posted May 30, 2026
NASA Centers & Facilities
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in Southern California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to ensure continued accountability and strong value for U.S. taxpayers.
Posted May 22, 2026
General
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Materials Science
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the Moon.
Posted May 22, 2026
NASA Headquarters
Leadership
NASA Centers & Facilities
Matt Anderson was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 16th deputy administrator by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. The oath was taken during a ceremony held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.
Posted May 21, 2026
General
Artemis
Game Changing Development Program
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Technology for Living in Space
Technology Research
With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle of tubes and wires spiral away from the system, where nearly 270 sensors and 1,000 […]
Posted May 8, 2026
People of NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Leadership
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Headquarters
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA announced Friday that Brian Hughes will return to the agency as senior director of launch operations, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Hughes will provide enterprise-level leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for NASA’s launch infrastructure.
Posted May 8, 2026
General
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Technology
As NASA looks to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, researchers must develop materials capable of withstanding the extreme temperatures found in space and on other planets and their moons.
Posted May 6, 2026
General
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Human Space Travel Research
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Science & Research
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
On every crewed mission, NASA packs pouches of a potentially life-saving liquid in its cargo, known as IV (or intravenous) fluid. A simple mix of sodium chloride and purified water, it can treat up to 30% of medical conditions in flight, resolving things like dehydration, burns, and more. Crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit into […]
Posted April 23, 2026
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Continuing NASA’s longtime support of American industry, the agency announced its selection of more than 30 companies to develop innovative technology through its  Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
Posted April 21, 2026
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