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NASA History
NASA History
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Since its founding in 1958, NASA has pushed the boundaries of scientific and technical limits to explore the unknown for all the citizens of our planet. Discover the history of our human spaceflight, science, technology, and aeronautics programs.
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### Animals in Space
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### Apollo 11
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### Project Gemini
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### Animals in Space
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Learn about the early history of animals in space flight.
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### Apollo 11
](https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/)
Find out more about the first mission to land people on the Moon in July 1969.
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### Project Gemini
](https://www.nasa.gov/gemini/)
From 1964 to 1966, NASA launched 10 crewed missions to test the equipment and procedures for future Apollo missions.
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### Hidden Figures
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### Symbols of NASA
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Get to know the meatball, the worm, the seal, and other logos and insignia used by NASA.
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](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/)
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### Hubble's 35th Anniversary
](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/)
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](https://www.nasa.gov/dor/)
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### Remembering Our Fallen Heroes
](https://www.nasa.gov/dor/)
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### Animals in Space
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66 Years of Aerospace Exploration
---------------------------------
Forged in response to early Soviet space achievements, NASA was built on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as the locus of U.S. civil aerospace research and development. Since October 1, 1958, when NASA opened for business, it has accelerated work on human and robotic spaceflight, and is responsible for scientific and technological achievements that have had widespread impacts on our nation and the world.
[Discover Our History about 66 Years of Aerospace Exploration](https://www.nasa.gov/history/explore-nasas-history/)
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[Explore NASA's History](https://www.nasa.gov/history/explore-nasas-history/)
### Read the Latest NASA History Newsletter
In the newest edition of News and Notes, NASA’s historians and archivists reflect on some of the transitional periods in NASA’s past, as well as the legacies of a few of NASA’s past programs and projects.
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### Governing the Moon: A History
In the newest monograph in the NASA History Series, Stephen S. Buono presents the history behind the Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, better known as the Moon Treaty.
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### A Wartime Necessity
A Wartime Necessity is a new edited volume looking at World War II aviation and how applied research at institutions like the NACA generated aeronautical advances critical to the war effort.
[Download the Free E-book](https://www.nasa.gov/history/a-wartime-necessity/)
### Going Beyond
John M. Logsdon presents the history of George H. W. Bush's Space Exploration Initiative and his administration's efforts at organizational change at NASA in his new monograph Going Beyond.
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### Celebrating the 110th Birthday of the NACA
Before NASA was established in 1958, our predecessor—the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)—was busy coordinating the nation’s aeronautical research. In this new video, learn how its establishment on March 3, 1915, set the stage for groundbreaking innovations that changed flight in America and around the world.
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These people and this equipment supported the flight of the NACA D-558-2 Skyrocket at the High-Speed Flight Station at South Base, Edwards AFB. Note the two Sabre chase planes, the P2B-1S launch aircraft, and the profusion of ground support equipment, including communications, tracking, maintenance, and rescue vehicles. Research pilot A. Scott Crossfield stands in front of the Skyrocket. Photo date: January 17, 1954
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Governing the Moon: A History
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In the latest monograph in the NASA History Series, Stephen S. Buono presents the history behind the Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, also known as the Moon Treaty.
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