Post by USAlex on Sept 7, 2010 10:40:19 GMT -5
I loves NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). So here are somethings about it you may have not already known!
- Before NASA was formed, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was started by President Woodrow Wilson to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight. The NACA determined which problems should be experimentally worked on and discussed their solutions and their application to practical questions. The NACA also directed and conducted research and experiments in aeronautics. NACA was originally created as a part of the war effort, but gradually shifted into a more scientific roll before the final transition was made to NASA.
- NASA became operational on October 1, 1958 -- one year after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite.
- On March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the first liquid fueled rocket. The launch took place at Auburn, Massachusetts, and is regarded by flight historians to be as significant as the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is named after him.
- improved hurricane forecasts, made possible by NASA satellites such as the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), can save as much as $1,000,000 per mile (1.6 km) of coast evacuated
- Six Apollo missions landed on the moon: Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
- Armalcolite is a mineral that was discovered at Tranquility Base by the Apollo 11 crew. It was named for ARMstrong, ALdrin and COLlins, the three Apollo 11 astronauts
- Snoopy, the Peanuts Comic Strip character is the astronauts' personal safety mascot.
- The first crew members to live on the International Space Station were Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko, and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev.
- Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, Brazil, and the United States are all building parts of the International Space Station.
- the Cassini-Huygens Mission (unmanned, to Saturn) is an international collaboration between three space agencies, headed by NASA. 17 nations contributed to building the spacecraft. More than 250 scientists worldwide will study the data collected
- NASA owns the the largest single radio telescope dish (1000 ft. wide, 305 m) which is located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Before NASA was formed, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was started by President Woodrow Wilson to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight. The NACA determined which problems should be experimentally worked on and discussed their solutions and their application to practical questions. The NACA also directed and conducted research and experiments in aeronautics. NACA was originally created as a part of the war effort, but gradually shifted into a more scientific roll before the final transition was made to NASA.
- NASA became operational on October 1, 1958 -- one year after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite.
- On March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the first liquid fueled rocket. The launch took place at Auburn, Massachusetts, and is regarded by flight historians to be as significant as the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is named after him.
- improved hurricane forecasts, made possible by NASA satellites such as the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), can save as much as $1,000,000 per mile (1.6 km) of coast evacuated
- Six Apollo missions landed on the moon: Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
- Armalcolite is a mineral that was discovered at Tranquility Base by the Apollo 11 crew. It was named for ARMstrong, ALdrin and COLlins, the three Apollo 11 astronauts
- Snoopy, the Peanuts Comic Strip character is the astronauts' personal safety mascot.
- The first crew members to live on the International Space Station were Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko, and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev.
- Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, Brazil, and the United States are all building parts of the International Space Station.
- the Cassini-Huygens Mission (unmanned, to Saturn) is an international collaboration between three space agencies, headed by NASA. 17 nations contributed to building the spacecraft. More than 250 scientists worldwide will study the data collected
- NASA owns the the largest single radio telescope dish (1000 ft. wide, 305 m) which is located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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