Alternatives and competitors

Sites like NASA

The 20 closest space agency alternatives to NASA, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to NASA? The closest matches are European Space Agency, space.com and ScienceDaily. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About NASA

NASA nasa.gov

NASA

NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

Wikidata: American space and aeronautics agency

Top 1K · #385 English 14 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit NASA

Summary by Claude

Official website of the U.S. civil space agency, publishing news, images, videos and mission information on space exploration, Earth and planetary science, astrophysics and aeronautics research, plus educational resources and business opportunities.

Who it’s for
General public, students, educators, researchers
Business model
Government funded

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to NASA’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

ScienceAlertNSFArs TechnicaLive ScienceUnited States Department of StateCISACIAScienceDailyspace.comEuropean Space Agency

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to NASA

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to NASA, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    European Space Agency esa.int Top 10K English

    Homepage

    The European Space Agency portal features the latest news in space exploration, human spaceflight, launchers, telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation and space science.

  2. 02
    space.com Top 10K English

    Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News

    Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.

  3. 03
    ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com Top 10K English

    ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news

    Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.

  4. 04
    CIA cia.gov Top 10K English

    CIA

    national foreign intelligence agency of the United States

  5. 05
    CISA cisa.gov Top 10K English

    Home Page | CISA

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: America's Cyber Defense Agency

  6. 06
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

  7. 07
    Live Science livescience.com Top 10K English

    Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds

    Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.

  8. 08
    Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English

    Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

    News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.

  9. 09
    United States Army army.mil Top 10K English

    The Official Home Page of the United States Army

    The latest news, images, videos, career information, and links from the U.S. Army

  10. 10
    NSF nsf.gov Top 10K English

    NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation

    NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

  11. 11
    ScienceAlert sciencealert.com Top 10K English

    ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs

    The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.

  12. 12
    Scientific American scientificamerican.com Top 10K English

    Scientific American

    Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

  13. 13
    CNRS cnrs.fr Top 10K English

    Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

    Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans

  14. 14
    White House whitehouse.gov Top 10K English

    The White House

    President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are committed to lowering costs for all Americans, securing our borders, unleashing American energy dominance, restoring peace through strength, and making all Americans safe and secure once again.

  15. 15
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  16. 16
    Phys.org phys.org Top 10K English

    Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology

    Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations

  17. 17
    EurekAlert! eurekalert.org Top 10K English

    EurekAlert! Science News Releases

    EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.

  18. 18
    Smithsonian Institution si.edu Top 10K English

    Smithsonian request verification

    group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government

  19. 19
    United States Department of Energy energy.gov Top 10K English

    Department of Energy

    U.S. Department of Energy - Home

  20. 20
    International Energy Agency iea.org Top 10K English

    autonomous intergovernmental organisation

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to nasa.gov’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones NASA uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What NASA is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/js/jquery.json.min.js?ver=3.1.2
Analytics
Tag managers
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8)
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=qw51K0kGzRHLbN9S
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=oNzRM7G9GIAL/LLP5c7sPOQiAHsHrQ1hKcU7GGZ…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=4025560e-93c9-4920-bb13-849c6fc35d58
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=BUxd0xTJY4ZjGohBwKDpNms-yOATz92Y54kgme4eKHs
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-CO0ENDLO7EB9V5E4JnmE6pS8
  • Webex TXT webexdomainverification.1YPST=f98a61ea-b92e-41f2-87aa-5651b2af43b8

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