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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research."
President Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 with a distinctly civilian (rather than military) orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics and Space Act was passed on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958The official website of NASA is, of course, the place to visit to find out about space exploration. Read about NASA's past missions, its current missions and its plans for the future. Any new and exciting developments and discoveries will appear on this site before any other.
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Planetary Society
Focused on inspiring the people of Earth to explore other worlds, understand our own, & seek life elsewhere, the Planetary Society sponsors novel & innovative projects that will "seed" further exploration. Like CosmoQuest, they believe that our next age of exploration will have everyday people involved in making great discoveries & acquiring new knowledge about our solar system.
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The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the United States launch site that has been used for every NASA human space flight since 1968. Although such flights are currently on hiatus, KSC continues to manage and operate unmanned rocket launch facilities for the US government's civilian space program from three pads at the adjoining Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is the fourth-largest structure in the world by volume[ and was the largest when completed in 1965America's Spaceport is located at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Most US launches into space take place from here, including the famous Apollo missions to current Space Shuttle missions. |
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Watch live television from NASA on your Google homepage. See real-time coverage of breaking news, NASA agency activities and missions as well as resource video to the news media, and educational programming. Works with Internet Explorer and Firefox (other browsers not tested). |
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Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos. Views of the Solar System offers enhanced exploration and educational enjoyment of the solar system and beyond. |
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Dedicated to promoting science through internet-based technologies & distribution, Astrosphere focuses on the creation of technologies & content that enable better astronomy communications & content access for the public. Their team mans the Astrogear shop, and produces Astronomy Cast & 365 days of Astronomy - two of the podcasts you'll find here at CosmoQuest. |
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NASA's orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, the world's most productive and influential astronomical telescope, views the earth's atmosphere and the universe in amazing detail. These remarkable images are out of this world! |
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Have you ever gone out at on a cloudless night, when there is no bright Moon in the sky or city lights to obscure your view, and been blown away by the astonishing number of stars in the sky? Probably for as long as people have been around, to look up into the sky, we have wondered what the many spots of light in the sky mean. Thousands of years ago, the earliest civilizations observed the heavens. Early man observed the heavens because the Sun, Moon and stars gave indication of coming seasons to farmers and hunters |
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Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, creating the most detailed "weather map" yet for this class of cool, star-like orbs. |
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Minute by minute, Universe Today reports all that is new in astronomy, space science, and space exploration. Their team provides CosmoQuest with expertise on systems architecture & project management, while keeping us up-to-date in this ever changing field. |
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Enjoy the amazing pictures of galaxies, planets, constellations, and more right on your iGoogle homepage. The pictures will change according to your mood. You will be inspired to do great things just by looking at the amazing pictures. The pictures are mostly from NASA and taken with advanced tel... |
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