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NASA plans to decommission the International Space Station in 2030.

A White House budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 would reduce NASA's funding by about 25%, from about $24 billion to about $18.8 billion.

SpaceX Starbase is located adjacent to Boca Chica Beach on the Texas side of the Rio Grande, and the Starbase launch facility operates under contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA.

SpaceX holds extensive contracts with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to transport astronauts and equipment.

SpaceX holds extensive contractual relationships with NASA.

The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, is designed to reduce the traditional sonic boom to a much quieter "thump" to enable potential supersonic flight over land.

The X-59 is designed for a cruising speed of approximately 925 miles per hour (about Mach 1.4) and an operational altitude near 55,000 feet.

The X-59's long, pointed nose design reduces direct forward visibility, leading the design to rely on forward-looking imagery presented on a cockpit monitor for pilot situational awareness.

SpaceX was awarded a NASA lunar lander contract over Blue Origin in 2021.

SpaceX and Blue Origin are companies developing technology intended to support NASA's Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon.

NASA's Artemis program includes planned crewed lunar missions with launches targeted for 2026 and 2027.

Starship is a 403-foot reusable vehicle designed to transfer crew from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back.

SpaceX's Falcon rockets are used to transport astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.

SpaceX's Starship is a reusable 403-foot (123-meter) launch vehicle designed to transfer astronauts between lunar orbit and the lunar surface.

NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon.

A 2025 Gallup poll found that 66% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters approved of the U.S. Postal Service and 52% approved of NASA.

SpaceX's Starbase launch site in Boca Chica, Texas operates under contracts with both NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.

NASA's activities contributed an estimated $75 billion to the U.S. economy in 2023 and supported approximately 300,000 jobs across all 50 states.

SpaceX launched its first astronaut mission for NASA in 2020.

NASA awarded commercial crew contracts to Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 to provide crew transportation to and from the International Space Station.

The Boeing contract for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was worth $4.2 billion and the SpaceX contract was worth $2.6 billion (contract values announced in 2014).

Anne McClain is a U.S. Military Academy (West Point) graduate and an Iraq War veteran who joined NASA in 2013.

NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program used a milestone-based contracting model that funded private companies to reach key technical milestones instead of relying on traditional government procurement, and that approach helped catalyze the emergence of commercial space companies such as SpaceX and Boeing.

SpaceX holds extensive contracts with NASA for launch services and other space-related activities.

ESCAPADE is a twin-spacecraft Mars mission consisting of two spacecraft built by Rocket Lab and to be operated for NASA by the University of California, Berkeley.

NASA's Communications Services Project supports technology-demonstration payloads from commercial partners such as Viasat.

The ESCAPADE mission name is an acronym for Escape, Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, and the mission architecture uses two small satellites named Blue and Gold built by Rocket Lab for the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory under a NASA program aimed at developing lower-cost, fast-track planetary missions.