National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Our Semiannual Report to Congress covering the period October 2025 to March 2026 highlights the OIG’s audit and investigative accomplishments during the past 6 months.

Elevated privileges grant users broad authority to modify configurations, access sensitive data, and control critical system functions of NASA information systems. I T privileges can pose security risks if not properly controlled. In the two elevated privileges accounts that we reviewed, we...

NASA awarded contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace in 2022 to compete to provide next-generation spacesuits for Artemis lunar missions and ISS operations. However, NASA and Collins agreed to remove the company’s task orders in 2024 citing an inability to meet the ISS demonstration schedule...

NASA is working with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop lunar landers that will enable crew to descend to the lunar surface, temporarily live and work there, and ascend back to lunar orbit. While NASA has controlled contract costs and effectively collaborated with the providers, lander development...

To enhance the operational efficiency of mission support services, such as information technology, financial resources, human resources, legal services, and infrastructure management, NASA initiated the Mission Support Future Architecture Program (MAP) in 2017 to move from a center-focused approach...

The Office of Inspector General contracted with the independent public accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP to audit NASA’s fiscal year 2025 financial statements. The audit results found the financial statements presented fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of NASA’s...

In this year’s report, we identified five key challenges for NASA—returning humans to the Moon, sustaining a human presence in low Earth orbit, improving management of major programs and projects, managing cybersecurity risks and emerging technology, and sustaining mission critical capabilities.

Our Semiannual Report to Congress covering the period April 1 to September 30, 2025, highlights the OIG’s audit and investigative accomplishments during the past 6 months.

NASA leads the nation’s planetary defense efforts to address the potential hazards of asteroids and comets impacting Earth. While the Agency has made significant progress in its planetary defense mission, multiple challenges hinder its ability to fully execute its planetary defense strategic goals...

To ensure the continued operations of the International Space Station and the safety of the crew, NASA and its spacesuit support contractor must ensure the suits used for spacewalks, designed more than 50 years ago, are well-maintained and reliable. The contractor, Collins Aerospace, has struggled...