What is the main responsibility or goal of NASA?

Their current vision statement on their website says, "To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind." That's pretty vague, however. An earlier version said, "To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. read more

NASA works on the research and development programs of the space analysis and other informative works. Recently there are many projects of NASA now. But the most popular one is the sending humans to mars. Recently NASA was also proposed for budget of $19.3 billions by US CONGRESS. read more

Prepares and transmits an annual financial statement and budget information to the Administrator, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Congressional Committees of Jurisdiction, and other authorities who review NASA's financial matters. read more