" In 1958, Congress created NASA to pioneer advanced technologies that will meet the challenges facing air and space transportation, to maintain U.S. national security and preeminence in aerospace technology, and to extend the benefit of our innnovations thoughout our society. Working with our industry and FAA partners, our joint goals reach beyond what can be accomplished today and stretch the imagination. We seek revolutionary new technologies, new systems and new models for air and space transportation operations. Enable the development of an environmentally friendly global air transportation system for the next century of unquestioned safety that improves the Nation's mobility. This Nation's economic growth has been fueled by technology-driven productivity improvements. Information technology and high-speed digital communications are expanding our economy in new ways..." more
NASA's Origins Program seeks to answer two enduring human questions that we once considered around ancient campfires (...) Where do we come from? Are we alone? Knowing "where we come from" means understanding how the great chain of events unleashed after the Big Bang culminated in us and in everything we observe today. It is the story of our cosmic roots, told in terms of all that precedes us: the origin and development of galaxies, stars, planets, and (...) to support life... Origins Program Site Map
"... KSC is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) center of excellence for launch and payload processing systems as well as the lead center for acquisition and management of expendable launch vehicle services and payload carriers. Located at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida, we handle the checkout, launch and landing of the Space Shuttle and its payloads. Because KSC is the starting point of all U.S. human space flights, we continue to draw worldwide attention..." (Roy D. Bridges, Jr.) - more
" The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed by the California Institute of Technology, is NASA's lead center for robotic exploration of the solar system. Our spacecraft have visited all the planets in our solar system except Pluto. JPL telescopes are observing distant galaxies in the universe to study how our solar system was formed. We also manage the worldwide Deep Space Network, which communicates with spacecraft and conducts scientific investigations from its complexes in California's Mojave Desert near Goldstone; near Madrid, Spain; and near Canberra, Australia. JPL cameras and sensors are aboard satellites circling Earth to study the ozone, oceans and other Earth sciences. To support our continued exploration, JPL is making advances in technology with new instruments and computer programs to help our spaceships travel further and our telescopes see farther than ever before."
