1. MISSIONS OF NASA

2. MERCURY 50 YEARS AGO NASA HAD ITS FIRST ASTRONAUTS. THE ORGANIZATION MERCURY IS WHERE EVERYTHING BEGAN. IT WAS THE FORM OF THE FIRST 7 ASTRONAUTS, Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Leroy Gordon (Gordo) Cooper Jr., John Herschel Glenn Jr., Virgil Ivan (Gus) Grissom, Walter Marty (Wally) Schirra Jr., Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Donald Kent (Deke) Slayton.

3. The Apollo missions ON MAY 25 OF 1961 JOHN F KENNEDY ANNOUCED THAT WE WOULD SET A GOAL OUT TO REACH THE MOON, IT WOULD BE A FIRST IN HUMAN HISTORY.

4. APOLLO 11 APOLLO 11 WAS A BIG JUMP START FOR NASA TO EXPLORE MORE. ON JULY 16 1969 WE SENT 3 BRILLANT VETERAN MEN NEIL ARMSTRONG, MICHEAL COLLINS AND EDWIN ALDRINE AKA “BUZZ” TO THE MOON.IT WAS THE FIFTH HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND THIRD HUMAN VOYAGE TO THE MOON, 4 DAYS LATER ON JULY 20 TH, NIEL ARMSTRONG AND ALDRINE WERE CALLED THE “THE FIRST MEN TO WALK ON THE MOON”. WE PLANTED OUR FLAG ON THE LUNAR SURFACE LEAVING A PIECE OF US THERE, KNOWING THAT WE WILL COME BACK.KENNEDYS GOAL TO REACH THE MOON WAS COMPLETED,NOW NASA WANTED MORE…A NEW GOAL, THEY WANTED TO GO BIGGER,SMARTER,FUTHER, FASTER.

5. APOLLO 13 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MISSIONS WE KNOW TODAY IS APOLLO 13. IT WAS THE THIRD MAN MISSION TO LAND ON THE MOON. THE CREW WAS JAMES A LOVELL, JOHN SWIGERT AND FRED HAISE. IT LAUNCH ON APRIL 11 1970, 2 DAYS LATER A PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED, BOTH OXYGEN TANKS HAD FAILED LEAVING ONLY ENOUGH OXYGEN TO TURN AROUND AND GET BACK HOME FAST. IT WAS A DEADLY SITUATION. THISBROADCASTED AROUND THE WORLD. THE FAMOUS LINE USED MY LOVELL “HOUSTON, WE’VE HAVE A PROBLEM” IS KNOWN WIDELY. THIS MISSION WAS KNOW AS THE “SUCCESSFUL FAILURE”.

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7. GAILIEO THE GAILIEO MISSION WAS TO EXPLORE JUPITAR AND ITS MOONS. IT LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 18 1989 AND DIDN’T REACH JUPITAR TILL DECEMBER OF 1995,ITS MISSION JUST CAME TO AN END RECENTLY IN SEPT OF 2003. IT ORBIT JUPITAR AND DISCOVERED 61 SATELLITES. FIRST SPACECRAFT TO STUDY JUPITAR IN DEPTH.

8. EXPLORER FIRST U.S SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED IN SPACE.IT WAS LAUNCHED ON JAN 31 1958 TO RESPONES OF THE SOVIET UNIONS SPUTNIK. THE EXPLORER WAS USED TO MEASURE EARTHS RADIATION. THIS LOFTED UNITED STATES SPACE AGE.

9. PROJECT GEMINI WAS KNOWN AS THE SECOND HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM OF NASA. IT OPEREATED BETWEEN PROJECTS MERCURY AND APOLLO, WITH 10 MANNED FLIGHTS OCCURING IN 1965 AND 1966. ITS PLAN WAS TO DEVELOP ADVANCE SPACE TRAVEL, AND ITS GOAL WAS THE MOON LIKE APOLLO.

10. MARS ROVER THIS IS A ROBOTIC MARS MISSION TO EXPLORE MARS. NASA HAS UPGRADED ITS TECHNOLOGY AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH. THE ROVER IS EXPECTED TO SEARCH THE SURFACE OF MARS FOR ROCKS AND SOILS THAT MAY CONTAIN WATER, WHICH COULD BE A POSSIBILITY OF LIFE THERE ON MARS.