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The NASA craft currently orbiting Mercury is called the MESSENGER spacecraft. It was launched in 2004 and entered orbit around Mercury in 2011 to study the planet's composition, geology, and magnetic field.

'MESSENGER' is the Mercury Mission - See the related link listed below for more information:

The first large space telescope was the Hubble, and it's probably still the most famous one. But a LOT of the new and exciting work being done is using the Kepler Space Telescope, a device which was specially designed to search for planets around neighboring stars.

A spacecraft traveling to Mars would take about 6-9 months using current technology to complete the journey. The speed would depend on the trajectory chosen, but typically it would travel at an average speed of about 24,600 mph (39,600 km/h) during the trip. This speed is manageable and does not pose a risk to the astronauts on board.

Within your space station or spacecraft, the astronauts commonly wear a jumpsuit similar to a military flight suit. At times, they are shown in video wearing polo shirts or T-shirts.

To leave the spacecraft and work outside, astronauts wear a protective space suit. The suit provides pressure to keep your lungs from expanding too much, and air for them to breathe. Sun protection is important, too; you can get a sunburn in just a few minutes at noon on the beach beneath a 100-mile thick atmosphere; imagine how intense the sunlight could be in space!

Apollo 1 fire, killing all three astronauts.

Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion, killing all seven astronauts.

Space Shuttle Columbias Re-entry breakup, killing all seven astronauts.

The goal of the first manned space program started by NASA, Project Mercury, was to put an American astronaut into orbit around Earth and to gain experience in space travel. It aimed to test the feasibility of human spaceflight and pave the way for future missions to the Moon and beyond.

I'm pretty sure that has never happened before, therefore this is just a guess. I think that you would soon stop bleeding inside of your jacket, but the blood will just float inside your suit. I hope this helped!!

The Space Launch System (SLS) is currently NASA's tallest rocket. It is designed to be the most powerful rocket ever built and is intended to launch astronauts on missions to deep space, including Mars.

Both Orion's spacecraft and the space shuttle are designed for human spaceflight missions. They are reusable vehicles that can carry astronauts to and from space, perform various tasks in orbit, and then return to Earth. Additionally, both vehicles have advanced thermal protection systems to withstand the high temperatures of reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

As of this writing, NASA has only three (3) working SPACESHIPS (as opposed to total number of SPACECRAFT owned or operating), the space shuttle orbiter vehicles, OV-103 Discovery, OV-104 Atlantis and OV-105 Endeavor.

However, NASA has previously announced its plan to "mothball" the costly space shuttle fleet following the STS-133 shuttle mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. The shuttle Discovery is slated to blast off in September 2010 on the eight-day trek that - if NASA's current plan holds - will mark the end of the shuttle era after 29 years of spaceflight.

NASA's lower-cost replacement for the space shuttle fleet has been dubbed Project Constellation.

NASA started using the Linux operating system in the early 1990s for specific missions and projects due to its stability and flexibility. Since then, Linux has become a fundamental part of many NASA missions, including the Mars rover missions.

Yes, Neil Armstrong did not hit a golfball on the Moon. It was actually astronaut Alan Shepard, during the Apollo 14 mission, who famously swung a makeshift six-iron club and hit lunar golf balls.

They decided to launch a manned mission to the moon out of pride. It was during the cold war and the Russians were trying to put a man on the moon and so the U.S.A, not wanting to be second, redoubled their efforts and finally, in 1969, Neil Armstrong, American, was the first man on the moon.

Some Conspiracy theorists believe that the Russians were closer than the U.S. and so the U.S. decided to stage the whole thing in a filming studio in the desert.

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Mercury-Redstone

Gemini

Saturn V (Apollo missions)

Space Shuttle.

Partially to beat the Russians into space and to the moon. It was believed that if you controlled the space around the Earth, you could control the Earth as well.

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NASA is working on the development of the Orion Spacecraft which will be the vehicle for the next phase in space exploration. The Orion will be able to travel to the moon and land, which is something the space shuttles were not capable of doing. Orion missions are planned for the Moon and Mars, and possibly some near Earth asteroids.
NASA will also continue using standard heavy lift rockets for unmanned missions.

It depends on the launch vehicle and method of boosting to get to the Moon (Earth gravity assist, etc.), but in general it takes about 3-4 days to make the trip.

NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.

Because if it took off horizontally, it would continue to circle the earth, hitting all those people in the boats that are watching the take-off, then continue until it came to a land mass and possibly strike buildings, vehicles, people...until it exploded into a fireball of great magnitude. So, to avoid this, NASA decided to have the shuttles take off vertically.

< It takes off vertically to reach less dense air ( less drag and aerodynamic heating ), and then begins a pitch maneuver to increase its tangential ( to the Earth) velocity; which eventually leads to a continuous orbit about the Earth. This procedure reduces the necessary on board mass of propellant on the spacecraft. The shuttle is essentially in free fall around the Earth ( imagine a cannon being fired at such a speed that it as it falls, the curvature of the Earth decreases in a proportional manner).>

As of 2021, NASA has completed over 200 manned and unmanned space missions, including robotic missions to planets, satellites, and the International Space Station. These missions have helped advance our understanding of space exploration and the universe.

No, Mark Shuttleworth has not been to the moon. He is a South African entrepreneur who is known for being the second self-funded space tourist, traveling to the International Space Station in 2002 aboard a Russian spacecraft.

Kennedy Space Center is famous for being the launch site for many of NASA's human spaceflight missions, including the Apollo moon landings, Space Shuttle program, and current missions to the International Space Station. It is also a center for space exploration research, spacecraft assembly, and technology development.

They didn't send humans up into space first, as they needed to find out the effects it had on the body, so they sent a dog, and a chimp into space, to conduct research, and make sure it was possible, or feasible.

As a general rule, it's much cheaper to send robots into space than than people. So, the question should really be, "why would you ever send people". Of course there are some good reasons for that too; but since any scientific data (for example) that we want to obtain can usually be obtained cheaper with automated missions, that's what is usually done.