National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Flight record

These are launches under NASA’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, NASA is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

No scheduled flight names NASA with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Upcoming launches

• SLS Block 1 | Artemis III

  Space Launch System Block 1 · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

  JUN 2027

  TBDNET ±1 MONTHOrbit: LEOVehicle file

• SLS Block 1B | Artemis IV

  Space Launch System Block 1B · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

  H1 2028

  TBDNET HALF-YEAROrbit: LOVehicle file

• SLS Block 1B | Artemis V

  Space Launch System Block 1B · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

  H2 2028

  TBDNET HALF-YEAROrbit: LOVehicle file

• SLS Block 1B | Artemis VI

  Space Launch System Block 1B · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

  T-··:··:··

  2030-09-30

  TBDPRECISION UNKNOWNVehicle file

• SLS Block 1B | Artemis VII

  Space Launch System Block 1B · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

  T-··:··:··

  2031-09-30

  TBDPRECISION UNKNOWNVehicle file

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

NASA in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Common questions

How many launches has National Aeronautics and Space Administration flown?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has flown 142 launches under its own name. 122 succeeded and 20 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration's success rate?

85.9%. That's 122 successful flights out of 142 attempts. Its last 12 launches in a row have succeeded.

When is National Aeronautics and Space Administration's next launch?

SLS Block 1 | Artemis III, set for June 2027 from Launch Complex 39B. Launch Library files only the month, so the date is a placeholder. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.

Does National Aeronautics and Space Administration fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has flown 142 launches under its own name. It's the operator on 5 scheduled flights. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.

Where is National Aeronautics and Space Administration based?

United States of America. Launch Library lists it as a government operator, founded in 1958.