Adrift: Investigation into the state of NASA.

Adrift

Eric Berger discusses his investigation into the state of NASA.

This is the first story in a series that will look at the state of America’s space program. In this installment, we examine how NASA’s illustrious human spaceflight program became dependent on Russia to get to space.

Over the remainder of 2014 science writer Eric Berger and photographer Smiley Pool will look at the building of a big new rocket, the collapse of the Constellation program, Congressional infighting for funds, shifting priorities of successive White House administrations, the promise of private space companies and, ultimately, the fate of Houston as Space City.