I am an aspiring scientist. I would really like to work for NASA some day. Do you know about NASA?
Sounds great! Of course I know NASA is the agency reponsible for the civilian space program in th U.S.
Would you happen to know how long NASA has been around for?
Yes, it was established in 1958 by President Eisenshower.
Oh cool. I did not know that. Any other things about NASA I should be aware of?
Well as you probably know they have led exploration to the moon including the Apollo Moon landing missions
I love watching that moon mission. It is so inspiring.
missions such as "New Horizons"; and researching astrophysics topics, such as the Big Bang, through the Great Observatories and associated programs.
Creation.
From 1946, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been experimenting with rocket planes such as the supersonic Bell X-1. In the early 1950s, there was challenge to launch an artificial satellite for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). An effort for this was the American Project Vanguard. After the Soviet launch of the world's first artificial satellite (
sounds better if you don't know the origin of the name. He did admit that it is related to his days of flying Harrier jets in the Marines, but would say no more than that.
Hobaugh has logged over 5,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft and has over 200 V/STOL shipboard landings.
NASA career.
Selected by NASA in April 1996, Hobaugh reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. He completed two years of training and evaluation, and was qualified for flight