Day-to-day communications from the agency have gone silent, with social media channels dormant and updates on ongoing missions delayed. Critical operations, however, remain active.

The attraction serves as the official visitor center of NASA's Johnson Space Center, but operates independently from the space agency.

Space Center Houston remains open during the government shutdown, while NASA furloughs the majority of its staff but maintains essential ISS operations.

In this undated photo released by NASA, NASA’s 10 newest astronaut candidates pose behind the logo at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left to right, they are U.S. Army CW3 Ben ...

NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 1, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to highlight the upcoming mission of astronaut Chris Williams to the ...

A view inside the sandbox portion of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. NASA is not quite sending astronauts to ...

Houston native Anna Menon, who previously flew to space on a private SpaceX mission, is among the new class of NASA astronauts. The agency announced 10 new astronaut candidates Monday. The four men ...

The high-altitude WB-57 aircraft departed July 8, 2025, from Ellington Field in Houston, headed to the Texas Hill Country. Credit: NASA HOUSTON–In response to the disastrous July 4 weekend flooding in ...

A study conducted by career.io surveyed 3,002 job seekers asking them to name the coolest positions in every state in the US. In Texas, a flight director at NASA's Johnson Space Center was voted as ...

A West Texas woman saw something unusual on a recent morning, a massive parachute drifting slowly across the sky. It turns ...

HOUSTON — A space company belonging to one of the world’s richest men will ferry a Houston-built rover to the moon in 2027. A NASA spokesperson told the Houston Business Journal this week that Kent, ...

Space Center Houston will remain open despite a government shutdown, but some operations such as specialty tours will be affected, representatives with the museum said Wednesday. The museum serves as ...