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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Formed	July 29, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-07-29)
Preceding agency	NACA (1915–1958)[1]
Jurisdiction	US Federal Government
Headquarters	Two Independence Square, Washington, D.C., United States 38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639
Motto	For the Benefit of All[2]
Employees	17,219 (2019)[3]
Annual budget	US$21.5 billion (2019)[4]
Agency executives	Bill Nelson, Administrator Pamela Melroy, Deputy Administrator Margaret Schaus, Chief Financial Officer
Website	NASA.gov

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that deals with space exploration and aeronautics, the operating and designing of planes.^{[note 1]} NASA has had many successful missions, for example the ISS, and Apollo 11, which put the first man on the Moon in 1969. NASA was founded on July 29, 1958.^[7] NASA's motto is: "For the Benefit of All".^[2]

The VIPER (rover) will not be finished; That project was stopped in 2024; Its development had been done by by NASA (Ames Research Center).^[8] (Viper's full name is "Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover".)

Since April of 2021, Bill Nelson, former Senator from Florida, has served as NASA Administrator.

1. ↑ US Centennial of Flight Commission, NACA Archived February 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. centennialofflight.net. Retrieved on November 3, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Lale Tayla & Figen Bingul (2007). "NASA stands 'for the benefit of all.'—Interview with NASA's Dr. Süleyman Gokoglu". The Light Millennium. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
3. ↑ "Workforce Profile". NASA. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
4. ↑ Casey Dreier (February 15, 2019). "NASA just got its best budget in a decade". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
5. ↑ "Official US Executive Branch Web Sites – Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress)". loc.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
6. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". hq.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
7. ↑ "The National Aeronautics and Space Act". NASA. 2005. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
8. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-31/nasa-s-canceled-viper-mission-and-the-search-for-moon-ice?srnd=homepage-europe. Retrieved 2024-08-01