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John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), originally the Mississippi Test Facility, is located in Hancock County, Mississippi, on the banks of the Pearl River at the Mississippi – Louisiana border. Commissioned on October 25, 1961, it was NASA's largest rocket engine test facility until the end of the Space Shuttle program.
Feb 26, 2024 · NASA is taking a steppingstone approach to human exploration in space. Building on NASA’s 60 years of exploration experience and more than 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station in low Earth orbit, we will extend humanity farther into space than ever before. The International Space Station has built the ...
NASA's forgænger var National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), som blev dannet i 1915 for at fremme forskningen inden for luftfart i USA. Den 29. juli 1958 blev NACA reorganiseret og fik kontrol med selve rumprogrammet, som tidligere var blevet udført af forskellige dele af militæret. Samtidig skiftede NACA navn til NASA.
Jan 8, 2024 · NASA. Apollo 11 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA. Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the lunar module. This is one of the few photos that show Armstrong during the moonwalk. Buzz Aldrin climbs down the Eagle’s ladder to the surface. NASA. NASA and Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC, later ...
NASA TV (originally NASA Select) is the television service of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It is broadcast by satellite with a simulcast over the Internet. Local cable television providers across the United States and amateur television repeaters may carry NASA TV at their own discretion, as NASA-created content is ...
May 13, 2024 · K-12 students can dig deeper into STEM topics and experience the thrill of exploration and discovery. NASA makes vital investments in a diverse portfolio of learning opportunities and activities designed to reach as many U.S. students as possible – from kindergarten through graduate school. NASA seeks to build the next generation STEM ...
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and it's the third largest planet in our solar system – about four times wider than Earth. The diameter at its equator is 31,763 miles (51,120 kilometers). Uranus is a very cold and windy planet. It is surrounded by faint rings, and more than two dozen small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree ...
