The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a U.S. government agency dedicated to civilian space exploration, aeronautics research, and...
NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program.
NASA was founded on July 29, 1958, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, primarily in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1.
Key achievements include the Apollo moon landings, the development of the Space Shuttle, deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Mars rover missions.
The Artemis program is NASA's current initiative to return humans to the Moon, land the first woman and person of color on its surface, and establish a long-term presence there.