The birth of NASA and the space race
Project Apollo and the giant leap
The space shuttle era and orbital labs
Robotic pioneers and the search for life
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Master of The history of NASA
artiteacher NASA and the Space Race
Sputnik lit the spark, now NASA's aiming high! (Yeah, we're reaching the sky!)
artiteacher Seven military test pilots were chosen in 1959 to become the public faces of America's space ambitions.
artiteacher The Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1 sparked a global space race and rushed NASA into existence.
artiteacher Build iconic NASA rockets stage by stage to learn how humanity reached the Moon.
NASA's creation: President Eisenhower signed NASA into law on July 29, 1958, because he insisted the space agency be civilian-led, not run by the military.
An artificial object placed in orbit around a celestial body to gather information or transmit communication signals. The Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 prompted the creation of the American space agency.
Which brilliant mathematician hand-verified the orbital calculations for John Glenn's 1962 flight?
Why did President Eisenhower insist that NASA be a civilian agency rather than military?
In which state is NASA's Langley Research Center, where the 'Hidden Figures' worked, located?
What was the name of the first artificial satellite, launched by the USSR in 1957?