NASA PRESENTATION

Nasa

PresentaTION

Ema Lesinger 3.a

NASA SYMBOL since 1992

NASA SYMBOL (from 1975 until 1992)

NASA SYMBOL (from 1915 until 1958)

WHAT IS IT?

NASA

• The Space Age (1957)
• Soviet satellite Sputnik
• opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958
• created to oversee U.S. space exploration and aeronautics research

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• U.S. government agency
• responsible for science and technology related to air and space

• in charge - administrator
• nominated by the president and confirmed by a vote in the Senate

WHAT DOES NASA DO?

NASA

new developments improve air travel and other aspects of flight

astronauts in orbit conduct scientific research

beginning a new program to send humans to explore the Moon and Mars

satellites help scientists learn more about Earth

helps teachers prepare students who will be the engineers, scientists, astronauts and other

space probes study the solar system and beyond

Who Works for NASA?

NASA

• more than 17,000 workers

• many more work with the agency as government contractors

• people are hired by companies that NASA pays to do work

• astronauts, scientists, engineers, secretaries, writers, lawyers, teachers

• Headquarters - Washington

• nine centers

• the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• seven test and research facilities

(located in several states around the country)

What has nasa done?

NASA

• a program of human spaceflight

• Mercury, Gemini and Apollo

• the first human landing on the Moon (1969)

• today astronauts live and work on the International Space Station

• NASA’s robotic space probes - visited every planet in the solar system and several other celestial bodies

The Apollo 11 mission marked the first time human beings walked on the moon.

WHAT HAS NASA DONE?

• telescopes allowed scientists to look at the far reaches of space
• satellites have revealed a wealth of data about Earth
• helped develop and test a variety of cutting-edge aircraft
• these tests have helped engineers improve air transportation

GalLERY

INTERESTING research

FIRST SOUND FROM MARS

• wind
• important for the rest of Mars research

SOUND OF METEOROID HITTING THE RED PLANET

RESOURCES

NASA

https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/27009/listen-to-a-meteoroid-hitting-the-red-planet/https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-nasa-58.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2021/feb/24/listen-to-the-first-sounds-recorded-on-mars-video https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html

THANKS!

Ema Lesinger 3.a