NASA Directorates

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
Artemis
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Directorates
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
Scientists and engineers tested NASA’s LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station) instrument suite in a “sandbox” of simulated Moon “soil.”
Posted September 26, 2024
Science Mission Directorate
Joint Agency Satellite Division
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Directorates
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) QuickSounder mission. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.
Posted September 23, 2024
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