NASA

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federal agency of the United States government agency space agency

NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the nation’s civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.

Aliases (10)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration ×90
GOES weather satellites ×1
NASA (as design consultant) ×1
NASA (proposed) ×1
NASA Astronaut Corps ×1
NASA Office of Human Capital Management ×1
NASA insignia logo ×1
NASA meatball insignia ×1
NASA worm logotype ×1
U.S. space program ×1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency of the United States → government agency → space agency →
abbreviation	NASA →
beganOperationsOn	1958-10-01 →
collaboratesWith	Canadian Space Agency → European Space Agency → Indian Space Research Organisation → Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency → Roscosmos →
country	United States →
developed	Saturn V → Space Launch System → Space Shuttle Orbiter →
employs	astronauts → engineers → scientists →
fieldOfWork	Earth science → aeronautical engineering → astronomy → astrophysics → heliophysics → planetary science → space exploration →
formedOn	1958-07-29 →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
fullName	National Aeronautics and Space Administration →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States →
launchedMission	Apollo 11 → Curiosity rover → Hubble Space Telescope → James Webb Space Telescope → New Horizons → Perseverance rover → Voyager 1 → Voyager 2 →
legalBasis	National Aeronautics and Space Act →
logo	NASA meatball insignia → NASA worm logotype →
notableProgram	Apollo program → Artemis program → Gemini program → International Space Station program → Mercury program → Skylab program → Space Shuttle program →
operates	Ames Research Center → Armstrong Flight Research Center → Glenn Research Center → Goddard Space Flight Center → Jet Propulsion Laboratory → Johnson Space Center → Kennedy Space Center → Langley Research Center → Marshall Space Flight Center → Stennis Space Center →
overseenBy	Executive Branch of the United States →
parentOrganization	United States government →
precededBy	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics →
primaryLanguage	English →
responsibleFor	aeronautics research → aerospace research → civilian space program of the United States →
usesLaunchSite	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 →
website	https://www.nasa.gov →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 572)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Advanced Camera for Surveys → Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel → Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel → Apollo 1 → Apollo 11 → Apollo 11 → Apollo 12 → Apollo 14 → Apollo 15 → Apollo 16 → Apollo 17 → Apollo 7 → Apollo 8 → Apollo Lunar Module → Apollo command and service module → Apollo program → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → Aqua → Artemis I → Artemis program → Atlas-Centaur → Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem computer → Block 1 → Block 1B → Block 2 → CacheCam → Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 → Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 → Cassini–Huygens → Chandra X-ray Observatory → CheMin → ChemCam → Columbia disaster → Commercial Crew Program → Cosmic Origins Spectrograph → Curiosity rover → Dawn → Deep Space Climate Observatory ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Deep Space Climate Observatory → Deep Space Network → Dragonfly → E Test Complex → Exploration Upper Stage → Faint Object Camera → Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope → Flight Data Subsystem → GALEX → GRACE mission → Galileo spacecraft → Gemini 11 → Gemini 3 → Gemini 5 → Gemini 6A → Gemini 7 → Gemini 8 → Gemini program → Glenn Research Center → Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory → Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph → Goddard Space Flight Center → Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center → Great Observatories program → Grumman X-29 → Hubble Space Telescope → ICESat missions → IXPE → Imaging Science System → Ingenuity helicopter → Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage → JSC → James Webb Space Telescope → Johnson Space Center → Joint Polar Satellite System ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Juno → Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility → Kennedy Space Center → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility → Kepler space telescope → LC-39B → Langley Research Center → Launch Complex 39C → Launch Control Center → Launch Control Center Firing Rooms → Launch Operations Center → Lunar Gateway → MAHLI → Magellan spacecraft → Mars 2020 → Mars Exploration Program → Mars Exploration Rover mission → Mars Pathfinder → Mars Science Laboratory → Marshall Space Flight Center → Mastcam → Mastcam-Z → Mercury program → Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes → Moffett Field, California ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center → NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program → NASA Space Shuttle program → NASA X-57 Maxwell → NEOWISE mission → NUQ ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope → National Transonic Facility → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory → Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → New Horizons → North American X-15 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NuSTAR → Orion spacecraft → Parker Solar Probe → Perseverance rover → Pioneer 10 → Pioneer 11 → Pioneer plaque project → Pioneer program → Pleiades → Project Longshot ("NASA (proposed)") → RAD → Rocket Park → Rockwell-MBB X-31 → SAM → SOHO ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → SR-71 Blackbird → STEREO mission → STS-1 → STS-103 → STS-107 → STS-109 → STS-114 → STS-135 → STS-26 → STS-31 → STS-41-G → STS-41B → STS-42 → STS-51L → STS-61 → STS-7 → STS-88 → Sally Ride EarthKAM → Skylab program → Solar Dynamics Observatory → Sonny Carter Training Facility → Space Launch System → Space Launch System → Space Network → Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → Space Shuttle Columbia → Space Shuttle Discovery → Space Shuttle ISS assembly flights → Space Shuttle Main Engines → Space Shuttle orbiter → Space Station Freedom program → Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph → Space Transportation System → Spitzer Space Telescope → Stennis Space Center → Suomi NPP → Terra → Titan IIIE-Centaur → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite → Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel → Vehicle Assembly Building → Vertical Motion Simulator → Voyager 1 → Voyager 2 → Voyager Golden Record project → Voyager program → Wallops Flight Facility → White Sands Space Harbor → Wide Field Camera 3 → Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 → X-59 QueSST → X-Plane experimental aircraft programs ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	operator
Apollo astronauts → Buzz Aldrin → Edward White → Ellison Onizuka ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Francis R. Scobee → Frank Borman → Fred Haise → Jack Swigert → James E. Webb ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → James Lovelock → Jim Lovell → Joe Engle → Judith Resnik → Kalpana Chawla → Ken Mattingly → Kevin P. Chilton ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Laurel B. Clark ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Matt Kowalski → Michael Collins → Michael J. Smith → Michael P. Anderson → NASA Deputy Administrator ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Neil A. Armstrong ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Neil A. Armstrong → Raymond Loewy ("NASA (as design consultant)") → Rick D. Husband ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Roberta Bondar → Ronald McNair → Sally K. Ride → Sally Ride → Shannon Lucid → Wernher von Braun → William C. McCool →	employer
Ames Research Center ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Apollo astronauts → Computer Command System → GRC → High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center → Independent Verification and Validation Facility ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Landsat satellites → Lewis Laboratory ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Lewis Laboratory → MARDI → MEDA → NASA Astrobiology Institute ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Astrophysics Theory Program ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Headquarters ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA spacecraft ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NICER → NIRSpec → PIXL → Pillars of Creation → SHERLOC → SOFIA airborne observatory operations → STS-125 → STS-82 → Saturn V → Spacelab missions → Structures and Materials laboratories → SuperCam → WATSON →	operatedBy
Apollo 11 → Apollo 11 → Apollo 16 → Apollo 8 → Aqua → Artemis II → Artemis III → Artemis IV → Bill Nelson → Block 2 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Columbia disaster → Curiosity rover → DAN → Dawn → Dragonfly → Faint Object Spectrograph → GALEX → Galileo spacecraft → Gemini 12 → Gemini 3 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Gemini 4 → Gemini 5 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Gemini 6A → Gemini 7 → Gemini 8 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Gemini program → IXPE → Ilan Ramon →	spaceAgency
ASC → ASI → Air Force Research Laboratory → Australian Space Agency → Ball Aerospace → CNES → DPS → Deutsches SOFIA Institut → FGS/NIRISS → German Aerospace Center → Indian Space Research Organisation → Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research → MKI → Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research → Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University → Roscosmos → Space Weather Prediction Center → Universities Space Research Association ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Universities Space Research Association →	collaboratesWith
A-2 Test Stand → Ames Research Center ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Goddard Visitor Center → Jet Propulsion Laboratory → Johnson Space Center → Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility → Kennedy Space Center → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A → LC-39B → Langley Research Center → Launch Control Center Firing Rooms → Lewis Laboratory → NASA field center network ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → National Transonic Facility → Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory → Sonny Carter Training Facility → Stennis Space Center → Vehicle Assembly Building → Wallops Flight Facility →	ownedBy
Gemini program → Glenn Research Center ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Goddard Institute for Space Studies ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Goddard Space Flight Center ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Goddard Visitor Center → NASA APD → NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate → NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Astrophysics Division ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Headquarters ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate → NASA Science Mission Directorate ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	parentOrganization
Ames Research Center → Kennedy Space Center → Langley Research Center → NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Deputy Administrator ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Science Mission Directorate ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA field center network ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Stennis Space Center →	partOf
Aerojet Rocketdyne → Cygnus spacecraft → Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Falcon 9 → Martin Marietta → STP-2 → Starliner spacecraft → Starship Human Landing System → Virgin Orbit →	customer
NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Distinguished Service Medal ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Exceptional Service Medal ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Space Flight Medal ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Space Flight Medal →	presentedBy
Hangar Three → Jon Lomberg → Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory → Linda Salzman Sagan → Mythodea → Rogers Dry Lake →	associatedWith
Block 1 → Block 1B → NASA X-57 Maxwell → Saturn V → Space Launch System →	manufacturer
Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel → Deep Space Network → Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility → Launch Complex 39C → Pleiades →	owner
Congressional Space Medal of Honor → NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal ("NASA Office of Human Capital Management") → United States rocket program ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	administeredBy
Chandrayaan-1 → Herschel Space Observatory → MIRI → Planck spacecraft →	collaboration
Canadian Space Agency → Deutsches SOFIA Institut → European Space Agency → U.S. Space Command →	cooperatesWith
Boeing X-48 → MMRTG → NASA Docking System ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Saturn I →	developer
Chandra X-ray Observatory → Great Observatories program → Juno → X-59 QueSST →	fundingAgency
Boeing X-48 → Grumman X-29 → Lockheed Martin X-56 → Space Launch System →	primaryUser
CSA Mission Control Centre → Jet Propulsion Laboratory → U.S. Space & Rocket Center →	affiliatedWith
Artemis program → Commercial Crew Program → Lunar Gateway →	announcedBy
Common Berthing Mechanism (Cargo Dragon 1) → Edwards Air Force Base ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Mid-Infrared Instrument →	associatedWithAgency
Rockwell International → TRW Inc. ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Thiokol →	collaboratedWith
ADS (Astrophysics Data System) → Owens Valley Radio Observatory → Space Telescope Science Institute →	fundedBy
Lockheed Martin → Northrop Grumman → United Launch Alliance →	majorCustomer
National Aeronautics and Space Act → Public Law 85-568 →	abbreviationOfCreatedAgency
GRC → Langley Research Center ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	affiliation
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage → STS-31 →	agency
Morton Thiokol → SpaceX →	contractorFor
Canadian Space Agency ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Office of Science and Technology Policy ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	coordinatesWith
National Aeronautics and Space Act ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Public Law 85-568 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	createdAgency
Centaur → Common Berthing Mechanism (Cargo Dragon 1) →	developedBy
Fine Guidance Sensor → Titan II GLV →	developedFor
FIRST → International Space Station program →	hasPartner
NASA ("NASA meatball insignia") → NASA ("NASA worm logotype") →	logo
From the Earth to the Moon → Lost Moon →	mainSubject
Small Business Innovation Research program ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") → Small Business Technology Transfer program ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	participatingAgency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency → Joint Polar Satellite System →	partner
Deep Space Climate Observatory → Solar Orbiter mission ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	partnerAgency
NASA →	abbreviation
Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System →	about
Dragon spacecraft →	agencyCustomer
Titan IIIE →	agencyUser
Columbia Accident Investigation Board →	appointedBy
Communications Satellite Act of 1962 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	assignedFunctionTo
Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration →	associatedWithOrganization
Pinacate volcanic region →	astronautTrainingAgency
NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal →	awardBy
Congressional Space Medal of Honor ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	awardingBody
Solar Orbiter mission →	collaboratingAgency
executive branch of the United States ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	contains
X-59 QueSST →	contractAwardedBy
Soviet space program →	cooperatedWith
Eisenhower administration ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	created
Terra →	dataUser
Communications Satellite Act of 1962 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	designatedRoleFor
Charles Luckman Associates →	designedForClient
REMS →	developedForAgency
Spacelab missions →	developedInCooperationWith
Public Law 85-568 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	established
Ceres →	exploredByAgency
Vehicle Assembly Building ("NASA insignia logo") →	exteriorFeature
Cape Canaveral LC-41 →	formerUser
NASA ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	fullName
NASA Headquarters ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	governingBody
Flight Data Subsystem →	governingOrganization
Title 51 of the United States Code ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	governs
Artemis Accords →	hasAuthor
Applied Physics Laboratory campus →	hasClient
Thank U, Next →	hasPart
To Space and Back →	hasSubject
Palmdale Regional Airport →	hasTenant
MIRI →	hostSpaceAgency
SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster →	hostTelescopeAgency
International Space Station program →	includesModuleProvider
National Airspace System governance ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	involvesAgency
NASA Exceptional Service Medal →	jurisdiction
Cape Canaveral ("U.S. space program") →	knownFor
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope →	launchAgency
Titan IIIE →	launchProvider
International Space Station program →	leadAgency
NASA Exoplanet Archive →	maintainedBy
Sally K. Ride ("NASA Astronaut Corps") →	memberOf
Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	mentionsOrganization
NACA →	mergedInto
SHERLOC →	missionAgency
Apollo 1 →	namedBy
Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication →	notableRecipient
NASA Headquarters ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	occupant
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive →	operatedFor
Independent Verification and Validation Facility →	operatorAbbreviation
Canadarm2 →	operatorAgency
NASA–ESA–CSA collaboration →	participant
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy →	partnerOf
STP-2 →	payloadOperator
Apollo 13 →	portraysOrganization
Soviet space program →	primaryRival
Northrop X-21 →	programSponsor
Title 51 of the United States Code ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	providesStatutoryAuthorityFor
NASA Authorization Act of 2010 ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration") →	regulatesOrganization
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial →	relatedTo
Northrop X-21 →	researchUser
Jack Swigert →	selectedAsAstronautBy
Ball Aerospace →	servesCustomer
The Martian →	setting