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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (view source)
Revision as of 17:01, June 14, 2008
, 17:01, June 14, 2008added mission directorates
The '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' (NASA) began in 1958. It was created by U.S. legislation for the purpose of creating a government space program for the [[United States]]. This legislation was in response to the [[Soviet Union]]'s the first man-made satellite, [[Sputnik|Sputnik I]]. 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 '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' (NASA) began in 1958. It was created by U.S. legislation for the purpose of creating a government space program for the [[United States]]. This legislation was in response to the [[Soviet Union]]'s the first man-made satellite, [[Sputnik|Sputnik I]]. 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]].
Today NASA has four main mission directorates,
*'''Aeronautics''', the work of developing and proving new flight technologies
*'''Exploration Systems''', creating new capabilities and spacecraft for affordable, sustainable human and robotic exploration.
*'''Science''', explores the Earth, and beyond
*'''Space Operations''', the space shuttle, the International Space Station and flight support.
==NASA Manned Missions==
==NASA Manned Missions==
[[Category:Space Exploration]]
==References==
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