The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or simply NASA, is an independent agencyW of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
History[]
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1958-1969[]
NASA was established in 1958 as a result of the National Aeronautics and Space ActW signed into law by US president Dwight D. EisenhowerW in response to Sputnik 1W. Their first human spaceflight program was Project MercuryW with their first astronauts being known as the Mercury 7W. They were beaten to space by the Soviet Union with Yuri GagrinW on Vostok 1W. This angered the Mercury astronauts with John Glenn even having said the word "fuck".[1] Project Mercury ran from 1959 to 1963.
In 1961, US president John F. KennedyW tasked the United States with landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.
From 1964 to 1966, NASA commenced Project GeminiW to prepare for the Apollo missions. Gemini 8W came close to disaster had it not been for Neil Armstrong aborting the mission after the spacecraft spun out of control. Gemini 7W was the first flight of Edward Baldwin and Gordo Stevens.[2]
1990s[]
In 1997, NASA became a member of the newly founded Mars-7 Alliance (M-7), after President Ellen Wilson and Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty to end the competition in the Space Race in Brussels, along with India, Japan, North Korea, the European Space Agency, and the Coalition of Communist Countries for Spaceflight.[3]
Infrastructure[]
Facilities[]
Surface outposts[]
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Launch vehicles[]Spacecraft[]
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Notable personnel[]
- Wernher von Braun: Director (former), Engineer
- Gene Kranz: Flight director (former)
- Deke Slayton: Head of Astronaut Office (former), Astronaut
- Margo Madison: JSC director (former), Flight director (former), Flight controller (former), Engineer
- Aleida Rosales: Flight director (former), Flight controller (former), Engineer
- Bill Strausser: Flight director (former), Flight controller (former), Engineer
- Edward Baldwin: Head of Astronaut Office (former), Astronaut
- Molly Cobb: Head of Astronaut Office (former), Astronaut
- Eli Hobson: NASA Administrator (current)
- Thomas Paine: NASA Administrator (former)
- Harold Weisner: NASA Administrator (former)
- Richard Truly: NASA Administrator (former)
- Ellen Wilson: NASA Administrator (former), Astronaut
- Neil Armstrong: Astronaut (former)
- Buzz Aldrin: Astronaut (former)
- Gordo Stevens: Astronaut (former)
- Tracy Stevens: Astronaut (former)
- Danielle Poole: Happy Valley commander, Astronaut
- Kelly Baldwin Scientist, Astronaut
- Alex Rossi: Jamestown commander (former), Astronaut
Behind the scenes[]
The NASA logos in the alternate timeline of For All Mankind look slightly different than the real ones:
See also[]
External links[]
- NASA on Wikipedia
- nasa.gov: NASA official website
References
- ↑ For All Mankind TV Series - Season 1, Episode 1: "Red Moon"
- ↑ For All Mankind TV Series - Season 1, Episode 5: "Into the Abyss"
- ↑ Bonus Video: Leap Into a New Millenium: 1996-2001 - The Mars-7 Alliance (1997)