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National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Quick Facts

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Also Known As NASA
Date 1958 - present
Areas Of Involvement space exploration • research and development • Moon exploration • space shuttle • Artemis • Apollo • Today in History—July 20: First Contact with a Hazardous Surface • Earth satellite • Voyager • spacecraft • space probe • Everyday Stuff Developed by NASA • Satellite • Mariner • communications satellite • Weather satellite
Related People Dwight D. Eisenhower • Neil Armstrong • Stephanie Wilson • Michael Griffin • David S. McKay • Nancy Grace Roman • Jessica Meir • Christina Koch • Katherine Johnson • Valerie Thomas • Bill Nelson • Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud • Joseph Acaba • Reid Wiseman • Nicole Aunapu Mann

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