NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration — The U.S. civil space agency, running human spaceflight, science, and aeronautics programs.
Coverage of NASA is fading : 16 signals on the latest tracked day, down 16% from its three-week baseline of 19, across 4 domains (down from 5 a week ago). That makes it the #64 most-covered of the 274 concerns we track.
If NASA matters to your work, attention is draining away — the pace of news no longer demands a daily check.
What’s changed
5 of the last 7 tracked days ran below the three-week baseline — a sustained cooling, not a one-day dip.
- NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory · NASA · 2026-08-05
- NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions · SpaceNews · 2026-08-04
- NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact · NASA · 2026-08-04
- NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations · NASA · 2026-08-04
- Phase3D Supports NASA’s Latest Flight Qualification Research · 3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-06 · usually covers Additive Manufacturing
- The Download: NASA’s new telescope and Chinese tech import curbs · MIT Technology Review — Feed · 2026-08-05 · usually covers Cybersecurity
What the reporting says
Across 662 tracked stories from 125 outlets, reporting on NASA most often describes launches or releases (106), public statements (7), disaster (6), funding rounds (4), sporting outcomes (4), award (3).
It shows up alongside SpaceX (125), Blue Origin (66), Artemis Iii (39), Space Force (37), European Space Agency (26), Northrop Grumman (26), Lockheed Martin (22), Rocket Lab (17).
Two steps out: AI (through SpaceX, 95 shared stories on the weaker link); Elon Musk (through SpaceX, 53 shared stories on the weaker link); China (through SpaceX, 50 shared stories on the weaker link); Pentagon (through SpaceX, 37 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since Sep 15, with coverage on 180 separate days — concentrated in Aerospace Defense and Federal Awards.