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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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This agency's goals, progress, and results
Read the key documents that describe what this agency wants to achieve, its performance to date, and what it plans to learn through research and evaluation
Strategic plan Performance plan & report Learning agendaMission
NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.
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Where is this agency headed?
Strategic goals are updated every four years and represent the broad outcomes and impacts an agency aspires to achieve over the course of an Administration's term. To advance those goals, agencies define more specific, targeted Objectives to complete.
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4YR Goal
1
Expand human knowledge through new scientific discoveries
- Understand the Earth system and its climate
- Understand the Sun, solar system, and universe
- Ensure NASA’s science data are accessible to all and produce practical benefits to society
4YR Goal
2
Extend human presence to the Moon and on towards Mars for sustainable long-term exploration, development, and utilization
- Explore the surface of the Moon and deep space
- Develop a human spaceflight economy enabled by a commercial market
- Develop capabilities and perform research to safeguard explorers
- Enhance space access and services
4YR Goal
3
Catalyze economic growth and drive innovation to address national challenges
- Innovate and advance transformational space technologies
- Drive efficient and sustainable aviation
4YR Goal
4
Enhance capabilities and operations to catalyze current and future mission success
- Attract and develop a talented and diverse workforce
- Transform mission support capabilities for the next era of aerospace
- Build the next generation of explorers
