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  2. NASA's Space Place - Wikipedia

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    NASA Space Place. Logo for NASA Space Place Program. Publishers. NASA. Players. 2–10. targeting upper-elementary aged children. Launched in 1998, [2] [3] it was the first NASA website to create content about multiple missions directly for children. It has its own url, and it also serves as the kids' portion of the NASA Science Mission ...

  3. Space Center Houston - Wikipedia

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    The Johnson Space Center is the home of Mission Control and astronaut training. [3] The center opened in 1992 [4] replacing the former Visitor Center in Johnson Space Center Building 2. The museum is 250,000 square feet (23,000 m 2) and displays over 400 space artifacts, including the Mercury 9, Gemini 5, and Apollo 17 space capsules.

  4. Reach: A Space Podcast for Kids - Wikipedia

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    In one of the episodes the show has a live interview with NASA astronauts in space aboard the International Space Station. Marshall and DuFort had previously collaborated on improvisational comedy at The Second City. The show interviewed Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space. The podcast is produced in Chicago.

  5. Sally Ride - Wikipedia

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    Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have ...

  6. Creation of NASA - Wikipedia

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    On July 29, 1958, Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing NASA. When it began operations on October 1, 1958, NASA absorbed the 46-year-old NACA intact; its 8,000 employees, an annual budget of US$100 million, three major research laboratories ( Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, and ...

  7. Project Mercury - Wikipedia

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    United Launch Alliance. Virgin Galactic. Virgin Orbit. v. t. e. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union.

  8. Stennis Space Center - Wikipedia

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    The Rocket Propulsion Test Complex is a rocket testing complex which was built in 1965 as a component of the John C. Stennis Space Center. The Rocket Propulsion Test Complex played an important role in the development of the Saturn V rocket. The A-1, A-2 and B-1/B-2 test stands were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.

  9. Judith Resnik - Wikipedia

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    Doctoral advisor. Felix Zajac. Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any nationality to fly ...

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