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The first woman to work for NASA was Nancy Boggess.
No Mercury 1 was not the first NASA mission, though the the Mercury project was NASA's first project, the first mission in the Mercury project and therefore the first NASA mission was Mercury-Big Joe launched on September 9, 1959.
NASA was created on July 29, 1958.
NASA successfully launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on 31 January 1958. NASA launched the first American into space, Alan Shepard, on 5 May 1961.
Nasa accepted its first female candidate on June 16th, 1963.
I would say NASA's first high profile program would be Mercury.
NASA was founded in 1958. the reason NASA begane is because Russia put up the first satilight in space called spunick,so in order to compeht NASA was formed. NASA was founded in 1958. the reason NASA begane is because Russia put up the first satilight in space called spunick,so in order to compeht NASA was formed.
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no they don't =( , the Russians sent up the first rocket back in 1957, a year befor NASA was created.
the first telescope built by NASA placed into orbit was the hubble space telescope.