NASA, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 1958 and employs approximately 39,550 individuals. The company specializes in Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing and functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer.
On March 15, 2026, a new scientific study revealed that NASA's 2022 asteroid-deflection experiment had a wider impact than previously understood; the intentional spacecraft collision with an asteroid not only changed its motion but also slightly altered the asteroid system's path around the Sun. Earlier the same day, NASA offered clues regarding human survival on Mars, explaining that the planet's climate transformed from warmer and wetter to its current dry and frozen state after the Sun's solar wind removed most of its atmosphere over billions of years. Also on March 15, NASA began sending a crewed spacecraft around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, a mission receiving assistance from Cleveland engineers.