NASA

## NASA Worm Logo

The **National Aeronautics and Space Administration**, or simply **NASA**, is an independent agencyW of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

## History

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In 1997, NASA became a member of the newly founded Mars-7 Alliance (M-7), after President Ellen Wilson and Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty to end the competition in the Space Race in Brussels, along with India, Japan, North Korea, the European Space Agency, and the Coalition of Communist Countries for Spaceflight.

## Infrastructure

* Kennedy Space Center (KSC): Launch site
* Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC): Research facility
* Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL): Research and development center
* NASA Flight Research Center (FRC): Aeronautical research center
* USAF facilities also used by NASA:
	+ Cape Kennedy: Launch site
	+ Edwards Air Force Base
	+ Ellington Air Force Base
	+ US Air Force Plant 42
	+ Vandenberg Air Force Base
* McMurdo Station, Antarctica (NASA annex)

Surface outposts* Jamestown base (Moon)
* Happy Valley base (Mars, formerly)
* Happy Valley (as part of the M-7 Alliance)
* Saturn V
* Titan III
* Sea Dragon
* Space Shuttle
* C-5 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

Spacecrafts* Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM)
* Lunar Excursion Module (LEM)
* Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM)
* Space Shuttle
* Pathfinder shuttle (2nd gen. shuttle)
* Sojourner (interplanetary spacecraft)

Space Stations* Skylab
* MoonLab
* Thomas Paine Space Telescope

## Notable personnel

* Wernher von Braun: Director (former), Engineer
* Gene Kranz: Flight director (former)
* Deke Slayton: Head of Astronaut Office (former), Astronaut
* Margo Madison: JSC director (former), Flight director (former), Flight controller (former), Engineer
* Aleida Rosales: Flight director (former), Flight controller (former), Engineer
* Bill Strausser: Flight director (former), Flight controller (former), Engineer
* Edward Baldwin: Head of Astronaut Office (former), Astronaut
* Molly Cobb: Head of Astronaut Office (former), Astronaut

* Eli Hobson: NASA Administrator (current)
* Thomas Paine: NASA Administrator (former)
* Harold Weisner: NASA Administrator (former)
* Richard Truly: NASA Administrator (former)
* Ellen Wilson: NASA Administrator (former), Astronaut

* Neil Armstrong: Astronaut (former)
* Buzz Aldrin: Astronaut (former)
* Gordo Stevens: Astronaut (former)
* Tracy Stevens: Astronaut (former)
* Danielle Poole: Happy Valley commander, Astronaut
* Kelly Baldwin Scientist, Astronaut
* Alex Rossi: Jamestown commander (former), Astronaut

## Behind the scenes

The NASA logos in the alternate timeline of *For All Mankind* look slightly different than the real ones:

Real NASA "meatball" logoFAM NASA "meatball" logoReal NASA "worm" logoFAM NASA "worm" logo
## See also

* Roscosmos
* ESA
* CCCS
* Helios Aerospace
* Mars-7 Alliance

* Molly Cobb Space Center
* Mission Control
* Kennedy Space Center
* Cape Kennedy
* Apollo program

## External links

* NASA on Wikipedia
* nasa.gov: NASA official website

## References

1. ↑ Bonus Video: Leap Into a New Millenium: 1996-2001 - The Mars-7 Alliance (1997)