NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. It is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research.
Space programs[edit]
Facilities[edit]
Dryden Flight Research Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
Vehicle Assembly and Launch Control at Kennedy Space Center
Administrators[edit]
- Main gallery: NASA Administrators.
T. Keith Glennan (1958–1961)
James E. Webb (1961–1968)
Thomas O. Paine (1969–1970)
James C. Fletcher (1971–1977)
Robert A. Frosch (1977–1981)
James M. Beggs (1981–1985)
James C. Fletcher (1986–1989)
Richard Truly (1989–1992)
Daniel S. Goldin (1992–2001)
Sean O'Keefe (2001–2005)
Michael D. Griffin (2005–2009)
Christopher Scolese (interim administrator, 2009)
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (2009–2017)
Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. (acting administrator, 2017–2018)
Jim Bridenstine (2018–present)
Aircraft[edit]
- Main gallery: NASA aircraft and spacecraft.
B-52H (top) and NB-52B Balls 8 (bottom) at Edwards AFB
Interior of NASA shuttle carrier 747
Interior of NASA shuttle carrier 747
