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Former good articleNASA was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Journey to Mars?[edit]

As a long time NASA follower, why is there a 'Journey to Mars' section after Constellation? Shouldn't there be a bloc about the Commercial Crew Program and Commercial Resupply program?

It seems odd, and I would remove it. Any thoughts? 2603:800C:1CF0:8AD0:F996:B1E8:814F:2E8D (talk) 02:07, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Constellation and Journey to Mars were formal programs that were canceled in past. Crew and Cargo are current programs that are discussed further down in the same article. Segregration is Historical (not current) then Current/active programs. SpaceHist65 (talk) 02:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

History of NASA article[edit]

I just finished a massive rewrite of the NASA history section, cleaning it up significantly and making it chronological readable. However, the history of NASA is too big to be just a section on this article. If there are any talk page lurkers who want to create a History of NASA page, this would be a good time to do it and then link it as the main article under the history sub-section here. Garuda28 (talk) 02:12, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Garuda28 I have just marked the history section with Template:Very long section. Hopefully this could prompt others to look at creating a dedicated history article. Strugglehouse (talk) 20:34, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, as every time a split is made for a page it will lose readers. The history of NASA is very long because NASA's history is long. Should be all on one page, the main NASA page. I'm going to remove the verylong tag because it actually asks editors to make a split, which is a problem with the tag not only on this page but pretty much any major article that it's used on. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:51, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. This rewrite was already as massive consolidation from what it replaced. Garuda28 (talk) 23:52, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It may be a good rewrite, thanks, although it seems the Mercury and Gemini, and even Apollo and Skylab information could be added back or expanded. Can some of the major editors here check it. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:56, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 September 2023[edit]

it says the budget for the ISS was originally going to be $17.4 Alex Miranda52.314159 (talk) 22:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That was NASA's plan originally, but plans can change. -Fnlayson (talk) 22:13, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. BilCat (talk) 22:21, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2024[edit]

Change ESDMD Associate administrator from James Free to Catherine A. Koerner

Change SOMD Associate administrator from Kathy Lueders to Kenneth D. Bowersox

Change STMD Associate administrator from James L. Reuter to Kurt "Spuds" Vogel Montanot (talk) 04:17, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These changes have been announced and are reflected in the NASA bio pages:
I'm not certain whether these sources, rather than secondary sources as currently used, are preferred for this. Are there reliable secondary sources easily available? (sdsds - talk) 04:45, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to me that in this context the use of a primary source falls within the criteria of both WP:PRIMARY and WP:ABOUTSELF. — FenrisAureus (she/they) (talk) 15:08, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 DoneFenrisAureus (she/they) (talk) 15:17, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]