NASA

Overview

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the civilian space agency of the United States, responsible for the nation's civil space program, aeronautics research, and space science.

Knowledge connections

• OperatesHubble Space Telescope
• OperatesJames Webb Space Telescope
• OperatesApollo 11
• OperatesVoyager 1
• OperatesVoyager 2
• OperatesCassini–Huygens
• OperatesNew Horizons
• OperatesJuno
• OperatesMars Science Laboratory
• OperatesParker Solar Probe
• OperatesSpitzer Space Telescope
• OperatesChandra X-ray Observatory
• OperatesKepler Space Telescope
• OperatesTESS
• OperatesSaturn V
• OperatesSpace Launch System (SLS)
• OperatesInternational Space Station
• OperatesNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
• OperatesProject Mercury
• OperatesProject Gemini
• OperatesApollo program
• OperatesSkylab
• OperatesSpace Shuttle program
• OperatesArtemis program

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.