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Wikipedia: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958.
![[Artist's conception of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pioneer_Venus_orbiter_s.jpg "Artist's conception of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter")
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![[NASA's Skylab space station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Skylab_28SL_4_29_s.jpg "NASA's Skylab space station")
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![[Orion contractor selected August 31, 2006, at NASA Headquarters]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Orion_briefing_model_s.jpg "Orion contractor selected August 31, 2006, at NASA Headquarters")
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![[Artist's conception of New Horizons orbiting Pluto]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/New_horizons_Pluto_s.jpg "Artist's conception of New Horizons orbiting Pluto")
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![[The Soujourner rover on Mars]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sojourner_on_Mars_PIA01122_s.jpg "The Soujourner rover on Mars")
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![[President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson and other officials at the Launch Operations Center's LC]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/JFK_Tour_of_KSC_GPN_2000_000605_s.jpg "President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson and other officials at the Launch Operations Center's LC")
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![[The International Space Station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ISS_ULF3_STS_129_s.jpg "The International Space Station")
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![[Explorer 1 satellite]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Explorer1_s.jpg "Explorer 1 satellite")
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![[The Hubble Space Telescope]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HST_SM4_s.jpg "The Hubble Space Telescope")
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![[Florida, USA, taken from shuttle mission STS-95 on October 31, 1998]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/STS_95_Florida_From_Space_s.jpg "Florida, USA, taken from shuttle mission STS-95 on October 31, 1998")
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![[JPL complex in Pasadena, California]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Site_du_JPL_en_Californie_s.jpg "JPL complex in Pasadena, California")
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![[Artist's conception of MER on Mars]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NASA_Mars_Rover_s.jpg "Artist's conception of MER on Mars")
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![[The Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vehicle_Assembly_Building_July_6_2005_s.jpg "The Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center.")
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![[Prototype of the Helios spacecraft]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Helios_spacecraft_s.jpg "Prototype of the Helios spacecraft")
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![[Launch of Gemini 1]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gemini_1_s.jpg "Launch of Gemini 1")
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![[The Magellan Probe prepared for launch]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Magellan_Preparations_s.jpg "The Magellan Probe prepared for launch")
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![[Artist's conception of the Mars Global Surveyor]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mars_global_surveyor_s.jpg "Artist's conception of the Mars Global Surveyor")
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![[NASA's 50th Anniversary logo]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NASA_50th_Logo_RGB_Hi_s.jpg "NASA's 50th Anniversary logo"){kind=logo}
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![[May 5, 1961 launch of Redstone rocket and NASA's Mercury Freedom 7 with Alan Shepard on the United States' first...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mercury_3_s.jpg "May 5, 1961 launch of Redstone rocket and NASA's Mercury Freedom 7 with Alan Shepard on the United States' first...")
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![[Voyager 1 launch, September 5, 1977]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Titan_3E_with_Voyager_1_s.jpg "Voyager 1 launch, September 5, 1977")
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![[The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Apollo_11_Launch_GPN_2000_000630_s.jpg "The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off.")
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![[The Galileo probe]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galileo_Preparations_GPN_2000_000672_s.jpg "The Galileo probe")
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