NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and space exploration. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., NASA operates ten field centers across the US and is organized into mission directorates for Science, Space Operations, Exploration Systems Development, Space Technology, Aeronautics Research, and Mission Support. Established in 1958, NASA succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American space developme

first human spaceflight program of the United States

U.S. federal agency

chimpanzee launched into outer space

American engineer and NASA astronaut (1956-2012)

meteorological instrumentation

first chimpanzee to orbit Earth

NASA VR Engineer

1989 study of plants removing air pollutants

NASA department for avoiding asteroid impacts

exoplanet and star catalogue funded by NASA

area of study

logo designs used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA bipedal humanoid robot

conflagration mapping platform developed by NASA

NASA conceptual interstellar ship

concepts for an extended human presence on the Moon

Summary of women's involvement in NASA

OpenVSP (also Open Vehicle Sketch Pad) is an open-source parametric aircraft geometry tool originally developed by NASA. It can be used to create 3D models of aircraft and to support engineering analysis of those models.