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| 2025 | The NASA 'worm' logo was included in 'Pirouette: Turning Points in Design', an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art showcasing widely recognized design icons. |
| April 13 2025 | Planned launch of Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission using a Falcon 9 rocket. |
| 2025 | Planned Pandora mission launch using a SpaceX rocket with a VADR Award. |
| 2025 | Planned EscaPADE mission launch using a New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 with a VADR award. |
| April 2025 | Planned launch of Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) along with two SmallSats (GLIDE & Solar Cruiser) using a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. |
| 2025 | 70-meter antennas at all three Deep Space Network locations will be decommissioned and replaced with 34-meter beam waveguide antennas, with systems upgraded to have X-band uplink and X and Ka-band downlink capabilities. |
| January 20 2025 | Janet Petro began serving as the acting administrator of NASA. |
| 2024 | Nicholas G. Skytland and Joel B. Walker received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, recognizing their significant contributions to NASA's mission and leadership. |
| 2024 | Amir Ibrahim from Goddard Space Flight Center received the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal. |
| December 4 2024 | Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur and commercial astronaut, was nominated as the NASA Administrator. |
| September 24 2024 | Nick Hague will serve as Commander on SpaceX Crew-9 during Expedition 72. |
| August 2024 | NASA conducted a second round of VADR mission launch services contractor selections, continuing to support diverse commercial space launch capabilities across multiple companies. |
| July 2023 | NASA established the Moon to Mars Program office to oversee lunar and Mars exploration projects. |
| June 2023 | The X-57 Maxwell program was cancelled due to unresolvable safety problems with the propulsion system within the allocated budget and time. |
| January 3 2023 | A.C. Charania began his role as NASA's agency chief technologist. Prior to this, he served as vice president of product strategy at Reliable Robotics and worked in strategy and business development for the Virgin Galactic LauncherOne program. |
| 2022 | Giuliano Liuzzi from Goddard Space Flight Center was awarded the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal. |
| 2022 | Lynnae Quick from Goddard Space Flight Center received the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal. |
| 2022 | Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST low boom quiet supersonic demonstrator entered development at Armstrong Flight Research Center. |
| November 16 2022 | Artemis I, an uncrewed initial launch of Space Launch System (SLS), was conducted. |
| October 5 2022 | Nicole Aunapu Mann served as Commander on SpaceX Crew-5 during Expedition 68. Josh A. Cassada served as Pilot on the same mission. |
| February 2022 | New 34-meter dish (DSS53) became operational at the Madrid complex. |
| January 2022 | NASA awarded initial contracts to launch services contractors for Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions, selecting 16 companies including ABL Space Systems, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others to support mission launches. |
| January 10 2022 | Katherine Calvin becomes NASA Chief Scientist, serving from January 10, 2022 to present. |
| 2021 | NASA X-57 fully electric powered aircraft demonstrator development begins |
| 2021 | Wesley W. Deadrick received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, recognizing his significant contributions to the organization. |
| 2021 | Eliad Peretz from Goddard Space Flight Center was awarded the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal. |
| 2021 | Perseverance rover landed on Mars, carrying Ingenuity, the first extraplanetary aircraft, and James Webb Space Telescope was launched to observe the formation of first galaxies. |
| 2021 | NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared observatory intended to observe the formation of the first galaxies, and the Perseverance rover with Ingenuity, the first extraplanetary aircraft. |
| November 1 2021 | Bhavya Lal becomes Acting NASA Chief Technologist |
| November 1 2021 | The Office of the Chief Technologist and the Office of Strategic Engagements and Assessments were merged into the new Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS). Bhavya Lal was appointed as the new associate administrator, and the Chief Technologist role was changed to a staff position. Douglas Terrier was reassigned to NASA's Johnson Space Center as associate director for vision and strategy. |
| October 31 2021 | Douglas Terrier concludes his term as NASA Chief Technologist |
| May 3 2021 | Bill Nelson was officially sworn in as NASA Administrator. |
| April 29 2021 | Bill Nelson was confirmed by the Senate as NASA Administrator. |
| March 19 2021 | Bill Nelson was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as NASA Administrator. |
| February 2021 | NASA began Mod 2 high-voltage functional ground testing at Armstrong Flight Research Center in preparation for taxi tests and first flight. |
| January 2021 | Pamela Melroy was appointed Deputy Administrator of NASA by US President Joe Biden, serving until 2025. |
| 2020 | NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal awarded to 20 recipients, including Jason R. Adam, Kenneth L. Ashford Jr., Yvette Binford, and others, recognizing their significant contributions and leadership within NASA. |
| 2020 | Patrick G. Forrester served as Chief of the Astronaut Office during this period. |
| 2020 | Diana Trujillo played a key leadership role in the Mars 2020 rover project. |
| November 16 2020 | SpaceX Crew-1 mission launched, marking the first operational contracted mission under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. |
| April 3 2020 | NASA reinstated the 'worm' logo as a secondary logo after being out of official use for nearly 28 years. |
| January 2020 | Completed their approximately two-year-long training program, becoming available for future missions. |
| 2019 | Brandon T. Bailey received NASA Exceptional Service Medal |
| 2019 | Anne McClain is assigned to Expedition 58/59 mission to the International Space Station. |
| October 2 2019 | ESAero delivered the Mod 2 X-plane with electric motors to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. |
| September 2019 | Cruise-optimized wing load testing was completed by Xperimental, verifying control surface movement and flutter predictions. |
| September 25 2019 | Jessica U. Meir served as Flight Engineer on Soyuz MS-15 during Expedition 61/62. |
| July 20 2019 | Andrew R. Morgan began his flight as Flight Engineer on Soyuz MS-13 during Expedition 60/61/62. |
| June 25 2019 | StangSat was launched as part of ELaNa XV via the Space Test Program on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, making Merritt Island High School only the second high school to launch a satellite into orbit after Thomas Jefferson High School. |
| March 14 2019 | Nick Hague served as Flight Engineer on Soyuz MS-12 during Expedition 59/60. Christina Koch also served as Flight Engineer on the same mission during Expedition 59/60/61. |
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