NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administrion

Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many nonaerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general. Perhaps more importantly, our exploration of space has taught us to view Earth, ourselves, and the universe in a new way. While the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos. Check out our "Thinking About NASA History" folder online as an introduction to how history can help you.

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Soviet Probe

"On 7 October 1959, a Soviet probe the size of a small water heater swung around the back of the Moon, opened a camera port on its sunlit side, and began photographing a hemisphere no human had ever seen."https://spacedaily.com/sd-in-1959-the-soviet-luna-3-probe-swung-around-the-far-side-of-the-moon-and-took-29-grainy-photographs-that-humans-had-never-seen-before-then-developed-the-film-onboard-in-a-tiny-automated-darkroom-a/

Radio telescope

"On the night of August 15, 1977, a radio telescope the size of several football fields sat in a field outside Delaware, Ohio, listening to the sky."https://spacedaily.com/sd-in-1977-a-radio-telescope-in-ohio-called-big-ear-picked-up-a-72-second-signal-so-strong-and-so-cleanly-from-the-direction-of-sagittarius-that-the-astronomer-on-duty-circled-it-in-red-ink-and-wrote/

Cosmic Map

"Understanding the nature of our cosmos requires an accurate map of how galaxies are spread throughout it."

https://www.astronomy.com/science/giant-supercluster-discovered-hiding-behind-the-milky-way/

Complete the following sentence and then keep writing: "My first___"

My first flight in space was awesome. I boarded the spaceship with my friends. We took a long nap and when we awoke we were on Mars. It was breathtaking all the wonders we got to see. We stayed in a fully furnished Mars Bed and Breakfast for the low cost of $200 a month.#BeNoteWorthy#piccadillyinc

Everything in Space

"If you take everything we know of and can directly observe in the Universe — stars, stellar remnants, galaxies, gas, dust, plasma, and black holes — we find that it’s insufficient to explain what we see on the grandest of all cosmic scales."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/dark-matter-new-cosmic-test-mond-fails/

PLUTO DAY

"Every year on February 18, we celebrate the date the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/february/pluto-day-february-18?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=16933944&hashed_email=90b5e25581634376972953552bab634b31f7675f&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

End of Universe

"Whether the universe will “end” at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home for a very, very long time."

https://theconversation.com/how-will-the-universe-end-269678?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4