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U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958, partially in response to the Soviet Union's launch of the first artificial satellite the previous year. NASA grew out of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA), which had been researching flight technology for more than 40 years.
 
NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. In the next 20 years, NASA will be laying the groundwork for sending humans not only beyond Earth's orbit, but further into space than they've ever been. (Source: NASA.gov / Photo: Flickr)

Articles about NASA

  • Lunar water may have come from comets

    Sun, Jan 09 2011 at 2:23 PM

    A new study says that water on the moon came in large part from comets which bombarded the lunar surface in its infancy.

  • NASA stuck in limbo as new Congress takes over

    Fri, Jan 07 2011 at 11:16 AM

    A continuing resolution from the previous Congress has NASA funded until March 4 at which point a new budget must be decided by the legislature.

  • Discovery launch delayed again

    Thu, Jan 06 2011 at 11:41 PM

    Discovery has been plagued by setbacks since its initial launch attempt in November and was moved to an assembly building on December 22.

  • Blistering jets of plasma explain the Sun's outer heat

    Thu, Jan 06 2011 at 5:33 PM

    New pictures from NASA show how plasma reaches torrid temperatures and travels in jets that shoot up from the Sun's surface into its corona.

  • NASA wants shuttle fuel tank reinforced

    Tue, Jan 04 2011 at 6:28 PM

    Managers decided to buttress 34 of the tank's 108 metal support structures after cracks were discovered in beams following a launch attempt in November.

  • 10 dazzling images from the WISE telescope

    Mon, Jan 03 2011 at 12:20 PM

    NASA's WISE infrared telescope reached its one-year anniversary in December. To celebrate, here are four new dazzling images of the scope's most recent observations.

  • No word from stuck NASA Mars rover Spirit

    Sun, Jan 02 2011 at 2:12 PM

    NASA suspects that the Spirit rover is most likely stuck in hibernation mode and is unlikely to awaken.

  • 11 things Americans will be doing in space in 2011

    Thu, Dec 30 2010 at 12:12 PM

    With new missions to Mars, private space flights and satellites to help determine how planets are made, there's a lot launching in 2011.

  • 'Zombie' satellite comes back to life

    Thu, Dec 30 2010 at 11:45 AM

    Satellite springs back to life after malfunctioning earlier this year, and will hopefully allow scientists to regain full control of it.

  • The top 7 space stories of 2010

    Mon, Dec 27 2010 at 11:12 AM

    From the discovery of a possibly habitable alien planet, to a spacecraft's groundbreaking visit to a comet and the finding of microbes on Earth that may eat arsenic, it's been a big year for astronomy discoveries.

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