NASA NASA Comet Wild 2 (officially designated 81P/Wild) is a comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vilt), who discovered it in 1978. ...more on Wikipedia about "81P/Wild"
NASA's Airborne Science Program is administered from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California. The program supports the sub-orbital flight requirements of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. Dryden maintains and operates two ER-2 high-altitude satellite simulator aircraft and a DC-8 flying laboratory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Airborne Science Program"
NASA's Astronaut Group 2, also known as The Next Nine or The New Nine, was the second group of Astronauts selected by NASA in September 1962. The group was required to augment the original Mercury 7 with the announcement of the Gemini Program and leading to the Apollo Program. The selection requirements were as demanding as for the first group with a greater emphasis on candidates with engineering experience as well as test pilot experience. The achievements of the Group 2 Astronauts eclipsed those of any group before or since. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronaut Group 2"
NASA's Astronaut Group 3 was the third group of Astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. All of the third group (except those who died) flew on the Apollo program - Aldrin, Bean, Cernan and Scott walked on the Moon. Five of them (Aldrin, Cernan, Collins, Gordon and Scott) also flew missions during the Gemini program. Bassett, Chaffee, Freeman and Williams all died before they could fly in space - Chaffee in the Apollo 1 fire, the rest in plane crashes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronaut Group 3"
NASA's Astronaut Group 4 was the first group of Scientist-Astronauts selected by NASA in June 1965. While the astronauts of the previous three groups were required to have college degrees, they were primarily chosen for their test pilot backgrounds. The six scientist-astronauts were, on the other hand, chosen for their research and academic backgrounds (Doctorate degrees were required and minimum flight time requirements were waived). Of the six, only Schmitt, a geologist, walked on the Moon. Garriott, Gibson and Kerwin all flew to Skylab. Garriott also flew on the Space Shuttle. Graveline and Michel left NASA without flying in space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronaut Group 4"
NASA's Astronaut Group 5 selected by NASA in April 1966. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronaut Group 5"
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (or APOD) website is a service provided by NASA. According to the website, "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer." The photograph was not necessarily taken on the day that it was displayed. However, the pictures and descriptions are often related to current astronomical events. The images are either regular photographs, images snapped by radiotelescopes or other instruments that may provide effects such as false colors, or (occasionally) artists' conceptions. Past images are stored in the APOD Archive, with the first image appearing on June 16, 1995. This initiative was funded as part of the 1994 congressional appropriations package. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronomy Picture of the Day"
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The NASA Astrophysics Data System (usually referred to as ADS) is an online database of over 4,000,000 astronomy papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources. Abstracts are available for free online for all articles, and full scanned articles are available in GIF and PDF format for older articles. New articles have links to electronic versions hosted at the journal's webpage, but these are typically available only by subscription (which most astronomy research facilities have). ...more on Wikipedia about "Astrophysics Data System"
BioHome was a small facility created by NASA that could support one person in a fully-functional habitat. One of the influences of the project being the results from data obtained on the 1973 Skylab 3 (SL-3), where a total of 107 VOCs were offgassed by synthetic materials that comprised the SL-3. However, the study of indoor air quality was not the only focus of the project, as it was a part of research into closed ecological life support systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "BioHome"
During much of the U.S. manned space program, NASA felt it was important for all communication with the astronauts in space to pass through a single individual in the Mission Control Center. That role was designated the capsule communicator or capcom and was typically filled by another astronaut, often one of the backup crew members. For long duration missions, there would be more than one capcom, each assigned to a different shift team. After control of U.S. spaceflights moved to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in the early 1960s, capcoms used the radio callsign Houston. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capsule communicator"
Carl F. Hostetter is a computer scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and the key figure of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. He is the author of numerous articles on Tolkienian linguistics, and the editor of two journals on the subject, Vinyar Tengwar (print) and Tengwestië (online). Hostetter has also contributed to the mailing-lists dedicated to Tolkien's languages, Tolklang and Elfling, and has founded, Lambengolmor, in 2002 and Elfling-d. Together with Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Bill Welden, and Patrick H. Wynne (called by some the " Elfconners"), he has been engaged by Christopher Tolkien in the ordering, editing, and publishing of Tolkien's writings concerning his invented languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl F. Hostetter"
The Centennial Challenges are NASA inducement prize contests for non-government-funded technological achievements by American teams. ...more on Wikipedia about "Centennial Challenges"
Crawlerway is a 100 foot-wide (30m) double pathway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The pathway is designed to support the weight of the Space Shuttle and the Crawler-Transporter as the shuttle is moved to the launchpad. A seven foot bed of crushed stone lies beneath a layer of asphalt and a rock surface. The Crawlerway was originally used to transport Saturn V rockets during the Apollo Program. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crawlerway"
The Crew Exploration Vehicle is NASA's proposed series of human spaceflight spacecraft, intended to supersede the space shuttle system. Together with the Earth Departure Stage, the Lunar Surface Access Module, and the associated launch infrastructure, the CEV is one of the elements of Project Constellation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crew Exploration Vehicle"
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The Electronics Research Center (ERC), was a NASA research facility located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the street from MIT at Kendall Square (formerly Technology Square). The ERC opened in September 1964, taking over the administration of contracts, grants, and other NASA business in New England from the antecedent North Eastern Operations Office (created in July 1962), and closed in June 1970. The campus is now the site of the Dept. of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronics Research Center"
The Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) is the official title of a large-scale, system level study conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Summer of 2005 in response to President George W. Bush's announcement on January 14, 2004 to return astronauts to the Moon and eventually Mars -- known as the Vision for Space Exploration (and unofficially as "Moon, Mars and Beyond" in some aerospace circles). ...more on Wikipedia about "Exploration Systems Architecture Study"
The Explorer program was the United States's first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite . It began as a U.S. Army proposal to place a scientific satellite into orbit during the International Geophysical Year. That proposal was rejected in favor of the U.S. Navy's Project Vanguard. It was revived as a crash program to catch up with the Soviet Union after that nation's launch of Sputnik I on October 4, 1957. (See: Sputnik crisis) Explorer 1 was launched January 31 1958. Besides being the first U.S. satellite, it is known for discovering the Van Allen radiation belt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Explorer program"
The Interplanetary Network Directorate (IND) is the branch of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) charged with the development and operation of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). ...more on Wikipedia about "Interplanetary Network Directorate"
The M/V Freedom Star, along with its sister ship the Liberty Star is one of the NASA-owned recovery ships tasked with retrieving spent Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) following the launch of Space Shuttle missions. Although owned by NASA, the ship is currently operated by Space Flight Operations contractor United Space Alliance. ...more on Wikipedia about "M/V Freedom Star"
The M/V Liberty Star, along with its sister ship the Freedom Star is one of the NASA-owned recovery ships tasked with retrieving spent Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's) following the launch of Space Shuttle missions. Although owned by NASA, the ship is currently operated by Space Flight Operations contractor United Space Alliance. ...more on Wikipedia about "M/V Liberty Star"
The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mercury Seven"
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. ...more on Wikipedia about "NASA"
The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) engages in government-funded xenobiologic study of the living universe. Advances in science and technology are yielding dramatic new knowledge about the origin, distribution, and destiny of life. Scientists have analyzed complex organic chemistry in interstellar clouds of gas and dust and have discovered more than 200 planets outside of our solar system. Life on Earth has been found thriving at environmental extremes such as in Antarctic rocks, boiling hot springs, and aquifers buried kilometers below the land surface. We have found that liquid water, the one essential ingredient for life as we know it, once flowed on the surface of the planet Mars and exists today below the icy crust of Jupiter's moon, Europa. Life on Earth has been traced back 3.8 billion years to the period of heavy cometary bombardment, an era that simultaneously brought life-giving water and organic compounds to the terrestrial planets while battering them with lethal quantities of impact energy. We are discovering both the fragility and robustness of life as we investigate the history of mass extinctions on our planet, recent extinctions, and subtle alterations in climate triggered by volcanic eruptions and human industry. ...more on Wikipedia about "NASA Astrobiology Institute"
==NASA Budget 1958-2005== ...more on Wikipedia about "NASA Budget"
The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is the second highest award which may be bestowed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, ranking immediately below the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. The medal may be presented to any member of the federal government, including both military astronauts and civilian employees. ...more on Wikipedia about "NASA Distinguished Service Medal"
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