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NASA

Quick points to remember

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency
for United States Federal Government. It is USA’s most powerful agency
providing a platform for aeronautical and aerospace research.
• NASA was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958.
• NASA was launched in response to the launch of the first artificial satellite
by Soviet Union.
• President John F Kennedy presented a goal to NASA to send a human on
moon. NASA successfully sent the first man on moon in 1960 under the
Apollo 11 mission.
• Apollo 11 & 13, Pioneer, Voyager, WMAP, Spirit & Opportunity, Spitzer,
Viking, Cassini-Huygens, Chandra and Hubble are some of the best
missions of NASA.
• During the Apollo missions, around 12 men have walked the moon.

Introduction
NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration which is an agency
for aeronautics and aerospace research. The agency was launched to encourage
peaceful application of space science. National Aeronautics and Space Act was
passed in July 1958 and disestablished the previous ancestor National Advisory
Committee of Aeronautics NACA. The new agency was launched the same year in
October 1958.

After the Soviet Union launched their first satellite, Sputnik I; NASA organized a
special committee on space technology to empower the status of the nation as well
to compete with other nations in terms of aeronautics and aerospace research.

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