Nasa

NASA, 60 years, 10 moments.

  • Freedom 7

    Freedom 7
    In Florida, the United States, Alan Shepard on board the spaceship, the astronaut was the first to travel into space.
  • The man reaches the moon.

    The man reaches the moon.
    One of the most important projects of the agency has been the "Apolo Program", which started in 1961 and ended in 1972, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the lunar soil on July 21, 1969.
  • Apolo 13.

    Apolo 13.
    Astronauts Fred W. Haise, James Lovell, and Jack Swigert entered Apollo 13. They were intended to also touch the lunar soil, but the mission could not be completed by the explosion of one of the oxygen tanks. The three were able to return thanks to the fact that they remained inside a module that was designed for the moon landing.
  • Target towards Mars.

    Target towards Mars.
    The first spacecraft to land on the red planet successfully was called Viking 1, and it wanted to search for signs of life. It was designed to take pictures of the surface and so study the atmosphere.
  • Space shuttle to Columbia.

    Space shuttle to Columbia.
    Astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen were "launched into space".
  • Tragedy in the Challenger.

    Tragedy in the Challenger.
    NASA has also experienced very difficult moments like this tragedy. the ship disintegrated 73 seconds after takeoff.
  • Hubble Space Telescope.

    Hubble Space Telescope.
    The space telescope went into orbit in the early 1990s and is still in use today. Thanks to him the scientists have been able to know very valuable information.
  • International Space Station.

    International Space Station.
    The first expedition left Kazakhstan. The international space station is one of the greatest technological, geopolitical and engineering achievements in our history.
  • Saturn.

    Saturn.
    A mission that made it possible to reach Saturn, making one of the most important discoveries about its moon "Titan" which is known to have its own geology, lakes, seas. "Titan" is very much like earth.
  • Insight.

    Insight.
    It is the last mission that NASA has started, and it consists of placing a single geophysical landing module on Mars and thus being able to study the planet in depth.