The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies NASA: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategorySpace
Overview
NASA (National aeronautics and space administration) is the U.S. government agency responsible for civilian space exploration, aeronautics, and aerospace research. NASA funds autonomous systems, robotics, and physical AI through SBIR/STTR programs, and operates the Mars rovers and other autonomous space systems.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company NASA has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Auburn University1× joint1 total
- 2Honeybee Robotics1× joint3 total
- 3Katalyst Space Technologies1× joint1 total
Most recent
- with Katalyst Space Technologiesoperating
- with Honeybee Roboticsoperating
NASA on the deployment map
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Relationships
Former / Previously (3)
- Lewis C Jones Space stations / Martian robotics researchsecondary-verified
- Michael Sims Research Scientist, Intelligent Robotics Groupsecondary-verified
- Luca Rossettini Intern, NASA Ames Research Center2010 to 2010secondary-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for NASA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
NASA in third-party press
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Mentioned on (78+)
Registry pages whose text names NASA.
Companies (30)
University of Texas at Austin, Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Brigham Young University, Honeybee Robotics, GITAI, Turion Space, IHMC Robotics, Katalyst Space Technologies, Oceaneering, Real-Time Innovations (RTI), Sophia Space, Ceres Robotics, Virtuix Holdings, Standard Bots, Stoke Space, Interlune, Infleqtion, Zeno Power, Phantom Space, Noble Machines, Momentus Space, Lunar Outpost, and 6 more
Robots and products (17)
Robonaut 2, Valkyrie (R5), Nova-C Lander, LINK, GITAI S2 Autonomous Arm, Peregrine Lander, RO1, Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), Interlune Harvester, Haven-2, Panthalassa Platform, Blue Ghost Lander, TRIDENT Lunar Drill, spacevan, Millennium ROV, Vulcan, xLink
Deployments (11)
Nova-C Lander at The Moon, spacevan at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA, CST-100 Starliner at International Space Station, spacevan at Low Earth Orbit (Sun-Synchronous), Astrobee at International Space Station, Blue Ghost Lander at The Moon, Perseverance Rover at Mars, Peregrine Lander at The Moon, Astrobee at International Space Station, Earth Orbit, Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor) at Kodiak, Haven-1 at International Space Station
People (18)
Gabe Sibley, Jaime Waydo, Julia Badger, Steve Koerner, Laurie Leshin, John Thornton, Ayanna Howard, Robin Chataut, Jared Isaacman, Edmond Richer, Eric M. Wetzel, Dr. Leon Alkalai, Yuping Huang, Wei Ding, David P. Miller, Steve Gorevan, Michael Sims, James Crowell
Incidents (2)
JAXA servers compromised in unauthorized access incident, Former Vast engineer sues company alleging FCC radio frequency violations and wrongful termination
About 54 more pages name NASA and were not checked here.
Partnerships
3 total · 2 operating · 1 just announced
Every company NASA has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Katalyst Space Technologiesoperating
- with Honeybee Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Auburn University1× joint1 total
- 2Honeybee Robotics1× joint3 total
- 3Katalyst Space Technologies1× joint1 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- deployment2025-09-01operating
- deployment2022-12-01operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in NASA’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipKatalyst Space x NASA (Swift Observatory Boost)
2025-09-01NASA awarded Katalyst Space Technologies a Phase III SBIR contract to develop and launch the LINK spacecraft to rendezvous with and boost the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to a higher orbit, extending its operational life. LINK launched July 3, 2026 but suffered an attitude control failure during commissioning.
PartnershipHoneybee Robotics x NASA (Mars Sample Return)
2022-12-01NASA awarded Honeybee Robotics a contract to provide several systems for the Mars Sample Return mission, including the Capture, Containment, and Retrieval System (CCRS), Earth Entry System (EES), and Spin Eject Mechanism (SEM). This builds on Honeybee's history of building hardware for every successful NASA Mars rover mission.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
NASA logo
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for NASA.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning NASA from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AstraQua Secures $1.27m NASA Contract to Let Autonomous Aircraft “Feel Pain”
NASA has awarded US physical artificial intelligence company AstraQua a $1.275 million Phase II contract to develop its AstraSense technology The post AstraQua Secures $1.27m NASA…
University of Cincinnati Engineers Use Sound to Detect Drone Damage for NASA
Researchers recorded the sounds drones make with chipped or cracked propellers and failing motors. Their aim is to let a ground station flag a drone as unairworthy before takeoff.…
NASA’s Moon mission with four drones moves closer to spacecraft production in 2028
Firefly Aerospace has completed a key spacecraft design review for a NASA mission that aims...
NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration
Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo…
Tracks Along the Longest Drive on Another World
Written by Vandi Verma, Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Oct. 12, 2026 Since the last blog update, Perseverance has achieved a major…
NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface
From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of…
NASA Provides Progress Update on Moon Base Rovers
As NASA works to build the Moon Base, crewed and robotic lunar rovers will play a crucial role during early development through technology demonstrations, astronaut transport,…
Nasa’s Perseverance rover on Mars breaks record for off-planet driving
Nasa’s robotic Perseverance rover has now driven farther than any other vehicle on the surface of any world other than Earth, racking up 45.2km (28.1 miles) since arriving on Mars…
NASA’s Perseverance breaks 28-mile Mars driving record using autonomous navigation
NASA’s Perseverance rover has set a new record for the longest distance driven by any...
The Download: moon city problems and drone traffic controllers
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is…
Orbital Robotics plans to send robot arms to space station
A free-flying NASA robot aboard the International Space Station will soon demonstrate a system for capturing and servicing satellites in orbit, using a pair of autonomous robotic…
Orbital Robotics gets set to send up a pair of arms for International Space Station’s robots
Space station astronauts will install Seattle startup's arms on one of NASA's cube-shaped robots for a milestone in-orbit demonstration. Read More
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/nasa.md
- RSS feed: /companies/nasa/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/21eeb5b2-e0de-40c3-8297-e75417c2aa23
- Revision history: /companies/nasa/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Video
NASA's new prototype rover ERNEST is made to test technologies for moon and mars exploration. Add CNET as a trusted news source https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=cnet.com Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s
X-59 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAqZ0jsH2nEJbMuK-CWr-932SpCUVnNAJ [ video & text : NASA ] https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-first-s
NASA's Swift Boost mission, powered by Katalyst, aims to rescue the Swift space telescope. This groundbreaking mission involves a refrigerator-sized spacecraft
NASA just pulled off a wild satellite rescue using a brand-new tech, and did it in nine months flat. Find out how they're saving the Swift telescope—with way mo
[ video & text : NASA ] Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida lift onto a work stand the first of four RS-25 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket engines
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
NASA draws attention at the 96th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026