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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, pronounced /ˈnæsə/) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958 from its predecessor, the National... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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Standing on the shoulders of giants NASA used the term "on the shoulders of giants" for the Apollo 17 documentary.

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Spirit rover As of November, 2009, NASA is using rovers on Earth to test recovery scenarios.

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Where no man has gone before Interestingly, the situation came full circle in 1989, when NASA used the Star Trek version of the quote to title their retrospective of Project Apollo: Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions.

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Mars Exploration Rover Internally NASA also uses the mission designations MER-A (Spirit) and MER-B (Opportunity) based on the order of landing on Mars (Spirit first then Opportunity).

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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA uses to transport Space Shuttle orbiters.

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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA uses to transport Space Shuttle orbiters.

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Atmospheric reentry Various reentry shapes (NASA) using shadowgraphs to show high velocity flow.

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Ernest Emerson Emerson's knives have been displayed as museum pieces, designed for use by Navy SEALs, and used by NASA in outer space.

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Space Shuttle program The goal, as presented by NASA to Congress, was to provide a much less-expensive means of access to space that would be used by NASA, the Department of Defense, and other commercial and scientific users.

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Crawler-transporter NASA will continue to use crawlers when the Space Shuttle is retired in 2010 and the Ares I and Ares V take its place.

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Crawler-transporter NASA will continue to use crawlers when the Space Shuttle is retired in 2010 and the Ares I and Ares V take its place.

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J-2 (rocket engine) NASA did consider using the J-2S on a number of different missions, and for some time a set of five were to power the Space Shuttle, a configuration that can be seen on early diagrams.

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Ares IV It is one of the launch vehicle designs which has been proposed for inclusion in the Constellation program, which NASA plans to use for space exploration after the Space Shuttle is retired.

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Treadmill with Vibration Isolation System After the results of the contest were announced, NASA decided to use Colbert's name for the new treadmill in place of naming the Tranquility module in his name .

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Treadmill with Vibration Isolation System NASA jokingly measures SAS using the "Garn scale", named for United States Senator Jake Garn, whose SAS during STS-51-D was the worst on record.

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Nikon D3 As many other Nikon film SLR (various modified Nikon F, F3, F4, F5) and digital DSLR cameras like the Nikon NASA F4, Nikon based Kodak DCS 460, DCS 660 and DCS 760, Nikon D1, D2X and D2Xs, the D3 is used by the NASA, for example in Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station.

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Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System The Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System (MSBLS) is a Ku band approach and landing navigation aid used by NASA's space shuttle.

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Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System MSBLS installations used by NASA have to be certified every two years for accuracy.

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Lockheed NF-104A A modified Gulfstream G-II has been used by NASA for similar training for the Space Shuttle program.

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Velcro NASA is a big user of velcro.

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High Alpha Research Vehicle The High Alpha (angle of attack) Research Vehicle was a modified F/A-18 Hornet used by NASA in a 3-phase program investigating controlled flight at high angles of attack using thrust vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and forebody strakes.

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High Alpha Research Vehicle The High Alpha (angle of attack) Research Vehicle was a modified F/A-18 Hornet used by NASA in a 3-phase program investigating controlled flight at high angles of attack using thrust vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and forebody strakes.

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Apollo/Skylab A7L The "A7L" designation is used by NASA as the seventh Apollo spacesuit designed and built by ILC Dover, a pressure suit manufacturer located south of Dover, Delaware.

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Apollo/Skylab A7L For the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, NASA decided to use the A7LB CMP pressure suit assembly worn on the J-missions with a few changes to save cost and weight since an EVA was not planned during the mission.

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Saturn V NASA planned to use the C-3 as part of the Earth Orbit Rendezvous concept, with at least four or five launches needed for a single mission, but MSFC was already planning an even bigger rocket, the C-4, which would use four F-1 engines on its first stage, an enlarged C-3 second stage, and the S-IVB, a stage with a single J-2 engine, as its third stage.

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1997 October 15 – NASA launches the Cassini-Huygens probe to Saturn.

Ceres (dwarf planet) On 27 September 2007, NASA launched the Dawn space probe to explore Vesta (2011–2012) and Ceres (2015).

2004 in science April 20 - NASA launches Gravity Probe B in an effort to test Einstein's general theory of relativity.

2004 in science August 2 - NASA successfully launches the MESSENGER probe on its 5 year trip to Mercury.

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters In 1977, NASA launched a probe containing four hamsters to destroy a mysterious mass of radioactive, gelatinous substance that was hovering above the atmosphere.

Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings Although this probe was indeed launched by NASA, the camera and the interpretation of the images are under the control of an academic group - the LROC Science Operations Center at Arizona State University, along with many other academic groups.

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Ceres (dwarf planet) Launched by NASA in 2007, the mission will explore the asteroid 4 Vesta in 2011 before arriving at Ceres in 2015.

October 28 2009 – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, to test its new rocket for the Constellation program.

Space Shuttle program NASA plans to launch 5 more shuttle missions before the program ceases.

Cosmic microwave background radiation In June 2001, NASA launched a second CMB space mission, WMAP, to make much more precise measurements of the large scale anisotropies over the full sky.

DARLAH The plot starts in 2012, when NASA decides to launch another mission to the moon and as a mean of gaining public interest (and funding) announces a lottery in which three teenagers will be allowed to go to the moon along with the astronauts.

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November 11 1966 – NASA launches Gemini 12.

March 23 1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).

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TrES-2b In March 2009 NASA launched the Kepler Mission spacecraft.

Gravity assist The Galileo spacecraft was launched by NASA in 1989 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

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March 23 1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).

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Cosmic microwave background radiation In June 2001, NASA launched a second CMB space mission, WMAP, to make much more precise measurements of the large scale anisotropies over the full sky.

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Saturn V In total NASA launched thirteen Saturn V rockets with no loss of payload.

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J-2 (rocket engine) This decision, made on February 18, 2006, would allow NASA to be able to launch the Ares I rocket within 3 years after the retirement of the Shuttle in 2010 and allow the launching of the Orion spacecraft by 2014.

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Telstar Launched by NASA aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on July 10, 1962, Telstar 1 was the first privately sponsored space launch.

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March 4 1982 – NASA launches the Intelsat V-508 satellite.

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Rhesus Macaque The U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and NASA launched Rhesus Macaques into outer space during the 1950s and 60s, and the Soviet/Russian space program launched them into space as recently as 1997 on the Bion missions.

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Sonny Carter Selected by NASA in May 1984, Carter became an astronaut in June 1985, qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on future Space Shuttle flight crews.

Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. Selected by NASA in June 1987, Reightler became an astronaut in August 1988.

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Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. Selected by NASA in June 1987, Reightler became an astronaut in August 1988.

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Stephen G. Bowen Bowen is the first Submarine Officer selected by NASA.

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Teacher in Space Project More than 11,000 teachers applied for the program; in 1985, NASA selected Christa McAuliffe to be the first teacher in space with Barbara Morgan as her backup.

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Sonny Carter Selected by NASA in May 1984, Carter became an astronaut in June 1985, qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on future Space Shuttle flight crews.

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Stephen G. Bowen Bowen is the first Submarine Officer selected by NASA.

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Franklin Chang-Diaz Chang-Diaz was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1980 and first flew aboard STS-61-C in 1986.

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Timothy Creamer Selected by NASA in June 1998, Creamer reported for Astronaut Candidate Training in August 1998.

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Steven W. Lindsey Lindsey was selected by NASA in December 1994.

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Walter Cunningham In October 1963, Cunningham was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA.

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Kent Rominger Selected by NASA in March 1992, Rominger reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992.

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Private spaceflight In 1996 NASA selected Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to build the X-33 VentureStar prototype for a single stage to orbit (SSTO) reusable launch vehicle.

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    NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, pronounced /ˈnæsə/) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program.
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    Category:Nasa

    For the category related to the space agency, see Category:NASA.
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    Category:NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the government agency responsible for the United States' space program and long-term general aerospace research.
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    Nasa (plant)

    Nasa is a genus of plants in the family Loasaceae. Species include:
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    NASA (disambiguation)

    NASA or Nasa may refer to: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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    NASA (Swedish band)

    NASA is a Swedish band fronted by Patrik Henzel and Martin Thors. They had their first Swedish top ten hit "Paula" in 1983.
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    NASA logo

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) logo has three official designs, although one of them (the "worm") has been retired from official use since 1992.
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    NASA Budget

    Each year, the United States Congress passes a Federal Budget detailing where federal tax money will be spent in the coming fiscal year. The following charts detail the amount of federal funding allotted to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) each year over its past fifty year history (1958-2008) to operate aeronautics research, unmanned planetary and manned space exploration programs.
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    NASA spin-off

    A NASA spin-off is a technology that has been commercialized through NASA funding, research, licensing, facilities, or assistance. NASA also publishes an annual journal titled Spinoff which features products whose development can be linked to NASA, for example through NASA funding (such as SBIR or STTR awards), licensing (from NASA patents), facilities (such as product testing at NASA facilities), NASA assistance (such as former NASA scientists helping to design a product), or NASA research.
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    NASA 360

    NASA 360 is a half-hour vodcast developed by NASA in partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace. The show premiered in August 2008.

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