NASA Directorates

Kennedy Space Center
Earth's Moon
Game Changing Development Program
Moons
NASA Directorates
Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between NASA and commercial company Magna Petra Corp.
Posted April 28, 2025
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Game Changing Development Program
Kennedy Space Center
Lunar Surface Technology Research
Missions
Moons
NASA Directorates
Science & Research
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16. Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and electrostatic, which means it clings to anything that carries a charge.
Posted March 27, 2025
Astrobiology
Curiosity (Rover)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars Exploration Program
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Planets
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
The Search for Life
The Solar System
The Universe
Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests prebiotic chemistry may have advanced further on Mars than previously observed.
Posted March 24, 2025
Leadership
NASA Directorates
People of NASA
NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro announced Monday Vanessa Wyche will serve as the acting associate administrator for the agency at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately.
Posted February 24, 2025
Technology
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
NASA Directorates
Near Space Network
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to ground stations on Earth.
Posted December 21, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 2
Common Exploration Systems Development Division
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Directorates
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Orion Program
Space Launch System (SLS)
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the next American astronauts and first international astronaut on the South Pole region of the Moon. On Thursday, NASA announced the latest updates to its lunar exploration plans.
Posted December 5, 2024
NASA Directorates
Commercial Space
Dragonfly
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Missions
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. The mission will sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings, advancing our search for the building blocks of life.
Posted November 25, 2024
NASA Directorates
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community, for the benefit of all.
Posted October 24, 2024
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