NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration — The U.S. civil space agency, running human spaceflight, science, and aeronautics programs.
Coverage of NASA is holding steady : 16 signals on the latest tracked day, up 129% from its three-week baseline of 7, across 7 domains (down from 9 a week ago). That makes it the #189 most-covered of the 348 concerns we track.
NASA is steady by its own history. Its normal rhythm is about 7 signals a day across 7 domains (44 tracked days). A real move would be a day at 9+ signals — 25% above that baseline, the bar our trend read calls accelerating — or a spread into domains beyond its usual 7. That is the move that would push it up the Wire. It sits on our Space Desk.
What’s changed
7 of the last 7 tracked days ran above the three-week baseline — a sustained move, not a one-day spike.
- NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking · NASA · 2026-09-03
- NASA Taps Blue Origin for Mars Communications Network · Payload Space · 2026-09-03
- Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design · Ars Technica Space · 2026-09-02
- NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole · NASA · 2026-09-02
- NASA’s HASP Scientific Balloon Launches from Fort Sumner · NASA Science Mission Directorate · 2026-09-02
- NASA’s Dragonfly Gets Wired Up While Titan Landing Area Is Named · NASA Science Mission Directorate · 2026-09-02
What the reporting says
Across 1,110 tracked stories from 162 outlets, reporting on NASA most often describes launches or releases (163), award (21), public statements (12), meetings or visits (6), disaster (5), sporting outcomes (5).
It shows up alongside Earth (298), Artemis (185), SpaceX (170), NASA Science (105), Florida (117), Mars (116), Naics (115), Roman (96).
Two steps out: Falcon (through SpaceX, 170 shared stories on the weaker link); Space Force (through SpaceX, 132 shared stories on the weaker link); Low Earth Orbit (through Earth, 128 shared stories on the weaker link); AI (through SpaceX, 122 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since Sep 15, with coverage on 203 separate days — concentrated in Aerospace Defense and Federal Alignment.