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the birth and legacy of NASA NASA opened his doors on October 1st 1958 but it was not the government's first flight research agency the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics or NACA was founded way back in 1915 the agency was tasked to conduct aeronautical research including the development of wind tunnels the NACA was a very successful agency the program made history in 1947 when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier but it wasn't all about breaking records the d558 had a radical new design that had swept wings thanks to NACA research the design was proven to be more efficient and became common on commercial jet aircraft years before NASA was founded the NACA was already researching rockets it even went as far as researching re-entry vehicles in 1957 the USSR successfully launched Sputnik one the first satellite to orbit Earth forcing the US government to make changes the National built around the present but now we've come to a new and AFA is to become part of a new agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and like that the space race was on NASA's first decade in space much of the first decade was spent gathering data from satellites telescopes and research vessels as research advanced satellites carried plants microorganisms and animals these bio satellites taught us how weightlessness radiation velocity and pressure affected life NASA sent probes to Mars and Venus to learn more about our neighbors NASA's next step was to place an unmanned vessel on the moon proving that a person could walk on surface in 1962 the Ranger for accomplished that mission that gave a green light for astronauts to begin preparing themselves for spaceflight they began going through intense conditioning and training exercises to be ready for one thing each test flight provided new and critical information NASA began docking with spacecraft already in orbit which led to spacewalks and of course the most important test green astronauts back to earth safely some of NASA's missions didn't go according to plan but with every failure there's potential to learn and grow pushing us further into the infinite darkness of space and bringing back new knowledge in preparation for one of humans greatest achievements to the moon July 16 1969 mission commander Neil Armstrong prepares for the historic Trek the team rose early ate breakfast and dressed in their spacesuits 10 9 ignition sequence starts 6 5 the journey to the moon lasted three days the team kept busy navigating observing and grooming on July 19th Apollo 11 enters orbit around the moon sending back incredible images I'm bad like okay engine stop we got to get down eagle seven hours after landing Armstrong finally steps out of the lunar module they left behind an American flag along with medals honoring those who lost their lives in earlier space tests they also left messages of goodwill from 73 countries after spending 21 hours on the moon's surface it was time to go home the lunar module rejoined the command module and headed back to earth Apollo 11 and crew came hurling back to earth at 25,000 miles per hour the crew was welcomed home with rescue divers and thunderous applause the astronauts were special airtight garments to protect against the possibility of lunar contamination they were immediately placed into quarantine the historic journey ended on July 27 1969 the mission was a success unlocking a wealth of knowledge about the moon its history and its composition from all of us here at Cena congratulations NASA on sixty years of space exploration and research for more news on NASA's 60th birthday visit CNET calm that you are really fast is he on the ground at all kilometers huh he's got about two wheels on the ground