NASA
By: Chimera & Tiffany
What is NASA?
 Executive branch of the US government
 It is responsible for the space programs and
aeronautics/aerospace research
 Space exploration of the solar system
 Search for extra terrestrial life
 Researching topics such as Big Bang theory
History
 the Congress and the
President of the United
States created the national
Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) on
October 1, 1958
 The US believed itself to be
world leader in space
technology and mission
developing. The surprise of
the Sputnik’s launching
sparked the race to space
History cont.
 Established by Congress on March 3, 1915, National
Advisory Committee of Aeronautics was a non-military
space agency
 On July 29, 1958, Eisenhower signed the National
Aeronautics Space Act, creating NASA
 When it began operations on October 1, 1958, NASA
absorbed the 46-year-old NACA
Missions
 NASA has launched 1091
unmanned satellites into
Earth orbit or beyond.
 The Apollo program landed
the first humans on Earth's
Moon. Apollo 11 landed on
the moon on July 20, 1969
with astronauts Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
while Michael Collins
 Apollo set major milestones in
human spaceflight.
International Space Station
 The International Space Station (ISS) is an
internationally developed research facility currently
being assembled in Low Earth Orbit.
 On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998 and
is scheduled to be completed by 2011
Unmanned Missions
 Pioneer Program
 Planetary exploration
 Voyager Program
 Study planetary alighnment
 Designated to study the gas planets
 Viking Program
 Exploration of Mars
NASA’s Future
 Human exploration of Mars
 NASA aims to put a man on Mars by 2037
 Moon Base
 On December 4, 2006, NASA announced it was planning
a permanent moon base.
 the goal was to start building the moon base by 2020, and
by 2024
Video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGqtx9elM0o
Work Cited
 Garber, Steve, and Roger Launius. "A Brief History of
NASA." History Home. Web. 15 Apr. 2011.
<http://history.nasa.gov/factsheet.htm>.
 NASA. "NASA - Space Shuttle." NASA - Home. 13 Apr.
2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/inde
x.html>.