National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Flight record

Counts are launches filed under NASA’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library register. They are not a count of missions or payloads: a spacecraft that flew on a contracted vehicle is credited to the operator that flew it.

Who flies for them, and who they fly for

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and it is the operator’s name the launch schedule filters by. A customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Plenty of organisations are both. NASA is counted below in whichever role the current manifest actually gives it.

No scheduled flight in the current window names NASA while being operated by somebody else.

How this is counted: a scheduled launch is treated as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation appears in the launch name, mission name or programme and somebody else is flying it. Mission descriptions are not searched, and the window is one batch of the next launches worldwide, reaching to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z — so both counts are a floor, not a complete manifest.

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

“T-0 known to” is the register’s own precision on the launch time — a date good only to the month is shown as such rather than counted down as if it were exact. A go-probability appears only where the operator published one for that flight; Delta-V does not calculate it and it is not a forecast made here.

Common questions

How many launches has National Aeronautics and Space Administration flown?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has 142 launches on record under its own name, of which 122 succeeded and 20 failed. The register counts launches flown under an operator's own name, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a lifetime launch success rate of 85.9%, calculated as 122 successful flights out of 142 attempts. Its current run is 12 consecutive successes.

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration is not flying anything inside Delta-V's current manifest window, which reaches to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z. The register lists 5 scheduled launches under its own name, with dates further out or not yet filed.

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has 142 launches flown under its own name in the launch register. It is not the operator on any flight in the current manifest window. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count; a customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule lists only the former, which is why a well-known agency can be central to a flight and still not appear on it.

Where is National Aeronautics and Space Administration based?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration is based in United States of America and the register classifies it as a government operator. It was founded in 1958.