The Space Store

As 2017 kicks off, it will be a new era for NASA and the Space industry, as  President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. As president, Trump will nominate a NASA administrator and will be tasked with setting a budget for the space program, which will then have to be approved by Congress. The current proposed budget for NASA in 2017 is $19 billion...

  NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is responsible for science and technology related to air and space. NASA engineers design and build the technology used in every field for NASA, including electronics, avionics, software and rocketry. One out of every 1,000 patents issued in the U.S. has gone to NASA project scientists. Thousands of scientific studies have been published based on results of...

For the last 58 years, NASA has been responsible for leading space exploration efforts and research that helps us better understand Earth and the universe beyond. The four different areas that NASA works within are aeronautics, human exploration and operations, science, and space technology. With missions completed at the international space station, and new discoveries relating to Mars, 2016 was a successful year for...