Trololololololololol

‘Space Station and Shuttle’ (1981) by Jack Olsen for Boeing Aerospace. From the book Visions of Space by David Hardy (1989)

State of NASA

Over his tenure, President Obama has now invested $147 billion in America’s space program. Our elected leaders, on a bipartisan basis, have chosen to make this investment in our Agency, because they believe in our Journey to Mars and recognize that investments in NASA’s present are investments in America’s future.

Because the State of our NASA is strong, President Obama is recommending a $19 billion budget for the next year to carry out our ambitious exploration and scientific discovery plans. Here are the areas in which we’ll continue to invest:

Solar System and Beyond

As we explore our solar system and search for new worlds, we look to answer key questions about our home planet, neighboring planets in our solar system and the universe beyond.

Journey to Mars

We’re developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. Mars is a rich destination for scientific discovery and robotic and human exploration as we expand our presence into the solar system. Its formation and evolution are comparable to Earth, helping us learn more about our own planet’s history and future.

International Space Station

Earth Right Now

We use the vantage point of space to increase our understanding of our home planet, improve lives and safeguard our future. Our Earth science work also makes a difference in people’s lives around the world every day.

Technology Drives Exploration

Sustained investments in our technology advance space exploration, science and aeronautics capabilities. We seek to improve our ability to access and travel through space; land more mass in more locations throughout our solar system; live and work in deep space and on planetary bodies; build next generation air vehicles, and transform the ability to observe the universe and answer profound questions in Earth and space sciences.

Aeronautics

Thanks to advancements in aeronautics developed by NASA, today’s aviation industry is better equipped than ever to safely and efficiently transport all those passengers to their destinations. 

The President’s FY 2017 budget provides $790 million to our Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. This investment will accelerate aviation energy efficiency, advance propulsion system transformation and enable major improvements in aviation safety and mobility. The future of flight will: utilize greener energy, be half as loud, use half the fuel and will create quieter sonic booms.

State of NASA Social

Today, we have opened our doors and invited social media followers and news media to an in-person event, at one of our 10 field centers. Guests will go on a tour and see highlights of the work we’re doing. You can follow along digitally on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASASocial/lists/state-of-nasa-all1. 

Check our Twitter Moment HERE.

Did you miss NASA Administrator Bolden’s remarks? You can watch a full recap HERE. 

For all budget related items, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com

Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash!

Stinger, Top Gun (1986)

Secret Recipes To Try At Home

The “Spider” during testing on the Apollo 9 mission. 

Why Would He Do That?

Darrell Sweet cover art for a 1978 edition of Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein.

I can’t wait till I have grandchildren. “When I was younger, I had to walk to the rim of a crater. Uphill! In an EVA suit! on Mars, ya little shit! You hear me? Mars!

Mark Watney (via themartianquotes)

NASA chief: ‘No changes’ to space station launches after dramatic Soyuz rocket failure

Jim Bridenstine told reporters that Russian experts have a “really good idea” of what caused the rocket to malfunction, sending the two-member crew on a hurtling escape back to earth.

“I fully anticipate that we will fly again on a Soyuz rocket, and I have no reason to believe at this point that it will not be on schedule,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters.

That could mean another launch before mid-December, when the three-member crew on the space station — an American, Russian and German — was scheduled to end a six-month mission.

“No changes have been made. The investigation is underway,” Bridenstine added.

Jherek Bischoff, Amanda Palmer, and Neil Gaiman cover David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” on the marvelous orchestral tribute EP, Strung Out In Heaven (learn more). Artwork by Sarah Beetson.

Bischoff also composed this beautiful instrumental rendition of “Life On Mars?” (artwork by Félix Marqués)

Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute by Jherek Bischoff