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NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the United States government’s civil space agency. Established in 1958 during the Space Race, it took over from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and is based in Washington, D.C., with ten field centres. It ran Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the Apollo program, Skylab, the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, and now leads the Artemis program. Its robotic work includes the Mars rovers Curiosity and Perseverance and the Voyager, Cassini and New Horizons probes. It also runs the Deep Space Network.

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  1. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    NASA

  2. Zhuque-3 Landing, Roman Telescope Launch and SpaceX’s Louisiana Plan

    Scott Manley

  3. TIROS 1: The First Weather Satellite and Its Fuzzy First Images

    Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

  4. Crew-12 Pre-Departure Briefing: Spacewalks, Science and Going Home

    NASA

  5. Progress 96 Launch: Soyuz 2.1b Sends 2.8 Tons to the ISS

    NASA

  6. Progress 96 Docks to Poisk After a 3-Day, 49-Orbit Chase

    NASA

  7. Starliner 1 and 2: NASA and Boeing Detail Fixes and 2028 Crew Flight

    NASA

  8. Crew-13 Prelaunch Briefing: Dragon Valve Repair and a Fast ISS Trip

    NASA

  9. Crew-13 Postlaunch Briefing: Record Dragon Docking Pace to ISS

    NASA

  10. Crew-13 Launch Countdown: Dragon Grace Readies for the ISS

    NASA

  11. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Arrival & Welcome Remarks

    NASA

  12. Crew-12 Farewell: Jessica Meir Hands ISS Command to Dubrov

    NASA

  13. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking and Departure

    NASA

  14. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Hatch Closure Aboard Dragon Freedom

    NASA

  15. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking Step by Step

    European Space Agency, ESA

  16. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    European Space Agency, ESA

  17. Starship Flight 14 Reaches Orbit and Three Falcons Fly in One Day

    Scott Manley

  18. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Re-Entry & Splashdown

    NASA

  19. Crew-12 Return: Dragon Freedom Splashdown Off Los Angeles

    European Space Agency, ESA

  20. Cygnus XL Departs the ISS: Release, Burn and Re-entry Plan

    NASA

  21. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Dragon With Final Two ISS Solar Arrays

    NASA

  22. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Cargo Dragon With Final IROSA Arrays

    NASASpaceflight

  23. Crew-12 Crew Look Back on 237 Days Aboard the ISS

    NASA

  24. SpaceX CRS-35 Dragon Docks at the ISS Harmony Zenith Port

    NASA

  25. Roman Space Telescope: Falcon Heavy Launch and Path to L2

    NASASpaceflight

  26. ISS iROSA Spacewalks 100 and 101: Final Solar Array Installs

    NASA

  27. NASA Moon Base Rovers: VIPER, Pegasus and the Crewed Lunar Vehicle

    NASA

  28. Artemis 3 Update: Rocket Progress, Landers and the 2028 Plan

    NASA

  29. Deep Space Updates: MMX to Phobos, Crew-12 Return, Neutron Delay

    Scott Manley

  30. US Spacewalk 100: Installing the Seventh ISS Roll-Out Solar Array

    NASA

  31. Artemis III: Orion Docks With Blue Moon and Starship in Orbit

    The Space Race

  32. Four Satellites That Came Back: LES-1, AO-7, IMAGE and BeeSat 1

    Scott Manley

  33. Starship’s 33 Raptor Engines: Four Reasons Behind Super Heavy

    Celebrity Files

  34. Apollo 13: The Oxygen Tank Failure and the Lunar Module Lifeboat

    Deep Orbit Stories

  35. Challenger STS-51-L: O-Ring Failure, Cold Launch and Return to Flight

    FilmRise Television

  36. Challenger STS-51-L: The Night Engineers Said Don’t Launch

    Margin of Loss

  37. Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day: Thrusters, Power and the Big Bang

    Googol Space

  38. Artemis 3 Becomes an Earth-Orbit Rehearsal for Moon Landers

    Cosmic Enigma

  39. Why Starship’s Heat Shield Uses Hexagonal Tiles and Full Reuse

    Farzad

  40. Challenger: the O-Ring Chart and the Launch-Eve Teleconference

    Failure Point for You

  41. Challenger STS-51-L: The Seals, the Cold and 73 Seconds

    Horror Archive

  42. Apollo 13: The Dropped Tank and Switches Behind the Explosion

    Truth and Proof

  43. Voyager 1 Pale Blue Dot: Why the Cameras Looked Back in 1990

    Anaxa

  44. Challenger’s Wreckage: Why NASA Sealed It in Missile Silos

    Rocketyard

  45. Challenger: How Thiokol’s Engineers Were Overruled the Night Before

    Hubris Engine

  46. Curiosity at 14: Keeping a Mars Rover Running by Remote Control

    Modern Mechanisms

  47. Challenger STS-51-L: O-Ring Warnings, Cabin Evidence, Rogers Findings

    Hidden Timeline

  48. Columbia STS-107: Five Failures Behind the Foam Strike on the Wing

    Holes Aligned

  49. Challenger STS-51-L: O-Rings, Cold and the Overruled Warning

    Cindermap

  50. Voyager 1 Reaches One Light-Day: Power, Memory and the Golden Record

    NumberShock

  51. How the Sky Crane Landed Curiosity on Mars in Seven Minutes

    Future Systems Explained

  52. Apollo 13: How a Thermostat Error Led to the Oxygen Tank Blast

    The Last Link

  53. Apollo 13: How an Oxygen Tank Failure Nearly Stranded Three Men

    Gloamhall

  54. Six Mars Rovers Compared: Landings, Discoveries and Distances

    Cardsplained

  55. Voyager 1 and 2: Planetary Tour to One Light-Day From Earth

    Deep Orbit Stories

  56. Challenger STS-51-L: The Cold O-Ring and the Launch Call

    Matter & Empire

  57. Apollo 13: The Tank Flaw and Crew’s Lifeboat Return

    The Third Eye English

  58. Challenger STS-51-L: The O-Ring Warning and the 73-Second Flight

    CliphangerEntertainment

  59. Space Shuttle Story in a Card Box: Enterprise, Challenger, Columbia

    The Record Institute

  60. Voyager 1: How It Proved It Had Reached Interstellar Space

    Oruvi
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Voyager 1: How It Proved It Had Reached Interstellar Space

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  4. Psyche’s Mars Gravity Assist: Slingshot Toward a Metal Asteroid

    Mission explainerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 2:12

    Mission: Psyche (2023)

  6. Charlie Duke on Apollo 16: Launch, Landing Scare and Moonwalks

    DocumentaryEveryday Astronaut · 47:26

    Mission: Apollo 16

  10. Would a Voyager 3 Still Carry a Golden Record? Storage Compared

    Mission explainerCurious Droid · 13:09

    Mission: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 (1977)

  11. New Glenn NG-2 Live: ESCAPADE to Mars and a Booster Landing Try

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 2:29:30

    Mission: New Glenn NG-2 ESCAPADE

  13. Why the ISS Will Be Deorbited at Point Nemo and What Comes Next

    Mission explainerCurious Droid · 14:52

    Mission: International Space Station (1998)

  14. TIROS 1: The First Weather Satellite and Its Fuzzy First Images

    Mission explainerSmithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 6:23

    Mission: TIROS 1

  16. Voyager, Pioneer and New Horizons: Where the Probes End Up

    Mission explainerCurious Droid · 17:43

  18. Psyche Spacecraft’s Mars Flyby: 1,000 mph Boost and Instrument Test

    Mission explainerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3:09

    Mission: Psyche (2023)

  19. Roman Space Telescope: Falcon Heavy Launch and Path to L2

    Mission explainerNASASpaceflight · 1:36:36

    Mission: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

  20. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Cargo Dragon With Final IROSA Arrays

    Launch coverageNASASpaceflight · 1:52:11

    Mission: CRS-35 (2026)

  21. Artemis II Passes Apollo 13’s Distance Record on Lunar Approach

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 6:27:41

    Mission: Artemis II

  22. Artemis II Countdown: Crew Boards Orion on SLS at Pad 39B

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 8:03:45

    Mission: Artemis II

  23. Artemis II Explained: Crew, SLS, Orion and Flight Timeline

    Mission explainerEveryday Astronaut · 13:59

    Mission: Artemis II

  24. New Glenn NG-2 Countdown: ESCAPADE Launch and Booster Landing Plan

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 2:33:06

    Mission: ESCAPADE (New Glenn NG-2)

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