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NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.

Astronaut Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm while maneuvering a roll-out solar array during a spacewalk.

NASA Today

For more than 50 years, NASA has been breaking barriers to achieve the seemingly impossible.

At its 20 centers and facilities across the country – and the only National Laboratory in space – NASA studies Earth, including its climate, our Sun, and our solar system and beyond. We conduct research, testing, and development to advance aeronautics, including electric propulsion and supersonic flight. We develop and fund space technologies that will enable future exploration and benefit life on Earth.

NASA Centers and Facilities
Members of the DART team celebrate.
After 10 months of flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its asteroid target, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space.
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NASA Leadership

Administrator Bill Nelson

Sen. Bill Nelson was sworn in as the 14th NASA Administrator on May 3, 2021, tasked with carrying out the Biden-Harris administration’s vision for the agency. Nelson served in the U.S. Senate for 18 years from Florida and as a payload specialist on space shuttle mission 61-C in 1986.

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy

Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy

Col. (USAF, ret) Pam Melroy was sworn in as the NASA deputy administrator on June 21, 2021. Melroy performs the duties and exercises the powers delegated by the administrator, assists the administrator in making final agency decisions, and acts for the administrator in his absence.

James Free, Associate Administrator for Exploration Space Development

Associate Administrator James Free

James Free is the senior advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy. In his role, Free leads the agency’s 10 center directors as well as the mission directorate associate administrators. Free previously served as associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate.

Careers at NASA

Align your talents with your passion and find out why NASA consistently is named a best place to work in the federal government. At NASA, you'll have an opportunity to work on unique and challenging projects that truly make an impact on humanity.

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NASA astronaut representative Megan Behnken, left, fist bumps NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren after having splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft.

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