NASA administrators are also accountable to elected officials. Administrators are appointed by the president but must be confirmed by the Senate. Congress has a great deal to say about the budget that NASA gets each year. They also must authorize major programs, like the Artemis program, which aims to return the U.S. and its partners to the moon.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-January for the launch of Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the lunar surface.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he's optimistic the Trump administration will support the space agency's agenda.

The launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 to the International Space Station has been deferred to March 2025 to finalize a new Dragon spacecraft. The crew, training in Houston, includes representatives from NASA,

NASA is aiming for February 2025 to launch its SPHEREx observatory, which will produce 3D maps of the entire visible sky.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, said on Wednesday his planned private astronaut missions with Elon Musk's SpaceX may be paused as he prepares to enter government service.

Before then, though, SpaceX will need to demonstrate a few more key maneuvers and send Starship on a test mission to the moon. According to documents shared with the FAA by NASA, SpaceX is eyeing ...

NASA’s SPHEREx observatory will lend insight into what happened after the Big Bang, measure the glow of galaxies near and far, and search the Milky Way for building blocks of life. NASA and SpaceX are planning to launch the SPHEREx astrophysics observatory in late February 2025.

Blue Ghost’s mission focuses on testing groundbreaking lunar technologies and science payloads for future exploration

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Dec. 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

SpaceX launched a new round of 21 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit, 13 of which can contact cell phones directly.