Journal 109 – National Aeronautics and Space Administration


NASA is an abbreviation National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is a US. government agency. It carries out space flights people who can learn more about Earth and other planets. NASA has 10 major centers. In these centers, work scientist, engineers, and technicians. One of the most important centers is the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA establish in 1958. In 1969, NASA launched the first spacecraft to land people on the moon. In 1986, the space shuttle broke in the sky and 7 astronauts were killing. In 2003, the same situation happened with shuttle Columbia. In this case, were killing all seven crew members, too.
The USA has had many achievements in this area. However, on April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin of the former Soviet Union became the first person to travel in space. But yet, 23 days later, on May 5, Alan B. Shepherd, Jr. became the first U.S. astronaut. But, he didn’t go into orbit. Only, John Glenn, was the first American who circled the earth three times on February 20,1962. Glenn himself flew again in space in October 1998. He was in those days, 77 years old.