The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the US space development effort a distinct civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. It has since led most of America's space exploration programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968–1972 Apollo program missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program, and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the lunar Artemis program.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spent an unexpected 286 days in space due to Boeing Starliner issues. Despite their..
Butch and Suni are home: NASA astronauts return to Earth after being stuck in space for nine months
Two NASA astronauts..
Stuck NASA astronauts head back to Earth after 9 months in space
Two NASA test astronauts were finally on their way back..
Replacement crew arrives at ISS where two stuck astronauts remain
Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew..
