NASA

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Official Sites: NASA.gov and Human Space Flight
Google Video: National Archives: History of Space Flight Videos
Space.com: NASA Information
ScienceDaily: NASA News
Wikipedia: NASA
NASA: Space Center Houston
YouTube Video: Mars Exploration Rover 2003 Demo Animation (Time: 8:59)

NASA News and Articles

Topix: NASA News
AFP: German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper (April 16, 2008)
MSNBC: Mission to Saturn extended to 2010 (April 15, 2008)
SPACE.com: NASA, Europe Explore Joint Mission to Outer Planets (April 15, 2008)
JPL.Nasa.gov: Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean... (March 20, 2008)
Fox Business: NASA and India Sign Agreement For Future Cooperation (February 1, 2008)
FOXNews.com: Senate Votes to Add $1B to NASA Budget (October 4, 2007)
FoxNews.com: Female Pilots Denied Space Flight to Be Honored (May 8, 2007)
CNN: Performance Review May Have Sparked NASA Shooting (April 23, 2007)

NASA Background and Information

NASA.gov: NASA History Division, Timelines and Lunar Exploration Timeline
Almanac of Policy Issues: A Brief History of NASA
Wikipedia: NASA Entry
SolarViews.com: History of Space Exploration

NASA Videos and Images

NASA.gov: NASA TV Landing Page and Planetary Photojournal
TIME Photo Essay: The Final Frontier
Google Images: NASA search results
Flickr: NASA search results
VideoSift.com: Top Rated Nasa Videos
Google Video: National Archives: History of Space Flight Videos
Google Video: NASA search results

NASA Blogs and Communities

Gizmodo: NASA Sending Robots into Space to do Astronauts' Dirty Work (March 14, 2008)
Bad Astronomy Blog: NASA category
The Space Fellowship: Water Identified in Extrasolar Planet Atmosphere (April 11, 2007)
Wired Science: Space category
HowStuffWorks: "Why is NASA playing with marbles?" (March 20, 2007)
NASA Watch Blog
Google Blog Search: NASA

NASA Criticism

New York Times: NASA Goes Deep (February 20, 2007)
Mensnewsdaily.com: Are NASA Programs a waste of money... (July 26, 2005)
USAToday.com: Say No to NASA, Yes to Private Companies (September 23, 2003)
YouTube: Moon Landing Hoax (Time: 3:01)

NASA Books and Merchandise

Google Books: NASA Books
Ebay: NASA Merchandise
Amazon.com: NASA Merchandise
Amazon.com: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe and The Right Stuff 2 Disc Special Edition DVD

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Guide Note

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency within the United States Federal Government. NASA's purpose is to research and develop aerospace technology and to oversee America's astronomy and space programs.

Fast Facts

Established: July 29, 1958
Founded by: The National Aeronautics and Space Act
Legislation signed by President Eisenhower
Preceded agency: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Administrator: Michael D. Griffin
Deputy Administrator: Shana Dale
Annual budget (2008): $17.3 billion¹
Requested budget (2009): $17.6 billion¹
Official mission statement: "To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research."²
Maintains the NASA Great Observatories

Major Divisions

Aeronautics
Exploration Systems
Science
Space Operations

International Collaboration

Although the Cold War-era "Space Race" focused on the United States' individual space-faring achievements, NASA now frequently collaborates with space agencies around the world. NASA worked extensively with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the Cassini-Huygens mission to survey Saturn. NASA is also one of the major contributors to the ongoing International Space Station project.

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