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The [[United States]] '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' (NASA) was founded in 1958. It was created by legislation for the purpose of creating a government-backed national space program in response to the launch of [[Sputnik|Sputnik I]], the [[Soviet Union]]'s the first man-made satellite. According to the act, NASA was to conduct research on the problems of flight in and out of the atmosphere with and without human pilots, and to cooperate with other nations in the peaceful exploration of space. NASA is responsible for many satellites including [[Landsat]], which was a series of satellites for the collection of information on natural resources, communication satellites and weather satellites. The [[Project Apollo]] program under NASA led to several landings on the [[Moon]] from 1969-1972. It is also the designer and developer of the [[space shuttle]].

The [[United States]] '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' (NASA) was founded in 1958. It was created by legislation for the purpose of creating a government-backed national space program in response to the launch of [[Sputnik|Sputnik I]], the [[Soviet Union]]'s the first man-made satellite. According to the act, NASA was to conduct research on the problems of flight in and out of the atmosphere with and without human pilots, and to cooperate with other nations in the peaceful exploration of space. The forerunner of NASA was the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which was tasked with aeronautical research. When NASA was established NACA was dissolved as it effectively became NASA.NASA is responsible for many satellites including [[Landsat]], which was a series of satellites for the collection of information on natural resources, communication satellites and weather satellites. The [[Project Apollo]] program under NASA led to several landings on the [[Moon]] from 1969-1972. It is also the designer and developer of the [[space shuttle]].

Today NASA has four main mission directorates,  

Today NASA has four main mission directorates,