NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
The US Space Shuttle program retired in 2011 after the final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) in July of that year.
The agency that oversees the US space program is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). NASA is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
Since the Apollo Program, the focus of the US Space Program has shifted towards more diverse objectives, such as the Space Shuttle program, the construction of the International Space Station, and robotic exploration like Mars rovers. There is also a greater emphasis on international collaboration and partnerships with private space companies.
The second manned space program was the Gemini program, conducted by NASA between 1961 and 1966. Gemini aimed to develop space travel techniques for missions to the Moon and later served as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programs.
Because it was a "race" between the USSR and the US to reach space milestones first.
The US space program that put astronauts on the moon was called the Apollo program.
The Pioneer space program was a series of unmanned missions to explore the planets in more detail. It was a US space program.
The US Apollo program.
apollo program
Apollo Program
A really big catapult.
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They went into outer space in 1973
The US Space Shuttle program retired in 2011 after the final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) in July of that year.
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The agency that oversees the US space program is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). NASA is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
Since the Apollo Program, the focus of the US Space Program has shifted towards more diverse objectives, such as the Space Shuttle program, the construction of the International Space Station, and robotic exploration like Mars rovers. There is also a greater emphasis on international collaboration and partnerships with private space companies.