People of NASA
NASA is more than astronauts. We are scientists, engineers, IT specialists, human resource specialists, accountants, writers, photographers, and many other kinds of people working together to break barriers to achieve the seemingly impossible.
What We Do
Exploring the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all.
We are passionate professionals united by a common purpose: to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. Today, we continue NASA’s legacy of excellence and innovation through an unprecedented array of missions.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope sits folded up in the cleanroom outside of Chamber A at Johnson Space Center.
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Where We Work
We don’t just work in space.
More than 18,000 professionals work around the country in laboratories and wind tunnels, on airfields and in control rooms and office buildings to answer some of life’s fundamental mysteries: What’s out there in space? How do we get there? And what can we learn that will make life better here on Earth?
The VIPER engineering test team uses lunar soil simulants and hand-picked rocks to carefully shape the terrain to realistically mimic actual features at the surface of the Moon’s South Pole.
NASA/Bridget Caswell
NASA Astronauts
Human exploration in space.
The term “astronaut” derives from the Greek words meaning “space sailor,” and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. The term “astronaut” has been maintained as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make “space sailing” their career profession.
Artemis II crew members: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman.
NASA/Kim Shiflett
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Life at NASA
NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. We share a set of core values—safety, integrity, inclusion, teamwork, excellence—and they are evident in all that we do.
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NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Butch Wilmore participates in a round of arm wrestling with NASA astronauts Joseph Acaba after suit-up and final fit checks inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
NASA/Kim Shiflett
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