has the organization been inherited from somewhere?
Yes, from NACA
NASA
Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility (AFRC), established by NACA before 1946 and located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is the home of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747 designed to carry a Space Shuttle orbiter back to Kennedy Space Center after a landing at Edwards AFB.
which planet is mercury? The smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. can you describe its surface structure in few words? Mercury's surface is similar in appearance to that of the Moon, showing extensive mare-like plains and heavy cratering, indicating that it has been geologically inactive for billions of years is there any astronomer who visited it or had run a research on it? Yes, ancient astronomers made observations of Mercury can you name any two space probes which may have been used in its study? "Mariner 10" and "MESSENGER" please mention at least one of those observations? Mercury's apparent magnitude is calculated to vary between −2.48 around superior conjunction and +7.25 around inferior conjunction. who launched the former probe? NASA what is its full form? National Aeronautics and Space Administration when was it launched? 1974 was the latter probe also launched by the same organization? Yes, second NASA mission to Mercury and its launch date? August 3, 2004
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NASA [SEP] Inherited from NACA
It provides leadership in astrobiology, small satellites, robotic lunar exploration, intelligent/adaptive systems and thermal protection. George W. Lewis Research Center The center's core competencies include air-breathing and in-space propulsion and cryogenics, communications, power energy storage and conversion, microgravity sciences, and advanced materials. Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility (AFRC), established by NACA before 1946 and located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is the home of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747 designed to carry a Space Shuttle orbiter back to Kennedy Space Center after a landing at Edwards AFB. On January 16, 2014, the center was renamed in honor of Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to walk on the Moon.