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He started with Sputnik, the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union. His radio signals hit many Americans in the marrow, because the United States was far behind with their rocket programs. Nine months later, on July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the NASA's own aerospace authority law
"It's a small step for man .. a big step for humanity ". "
Not eleven years later, Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot in the moonlight.But after the political goal of definitely surpassing the Soviets was achieved, the interest in the Moon was quickly lost, NASA then expanded its space shuttles to send humans into orbit.
"Two-way, lift-off, take-off of the 25th Space Shuttle mission, and cleared the tower .. "
" And in this second, the Challenger takes off and my colleagues here in the control center burst into food … "
But the space ferries have become a fiasco. a shuttle, in January 1986, arrived shortly after the start of the disaster – live from journalist Harro Zimmer: "The Challenger exploded, we are probably facing the greatest catastrophe of manned spaceflight."
1986. Challenger space shuttle explosion shortly after takeoff (AP Archive)
14 Death on Space Shuttle flights
2003 and then Space Shuttle Columbia burned when she came back on Earth. The program was abandoned, but the exploration of the planets was a success: from Mercury to Pluto, the NASA probes visited all the main bodies of the solar system, with the flagship Voyager Sond. Those who flew over the giant planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune now disappear into the depths of interstellar space.
"Sincerely, all."
] If, in the distant future, the aliens capture the Voyageurs several light years away, they will certainly appreciate the golden image and sound card on board
"Hello, everyone!"
NASA uses probes as galactic Flaschenpost – with music, everyday and nature sounds of the earth and a greeting in many languages. The Space Agency has always had a keen sense of increasing the fascination of its missions – and transforming emotionally charged projects into purely technical projects.
"… three, two, one and take off from the Discovery shuttle with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window to the universe …"
"The universe gave us"
You have also managed to do this with the Hubble Space Telescope, the most famous human window in the universe for nearly 30 years. His unique images of galaxies, star clusters and black holes inspire people far beyond the scientific community. Mario Livio, an astronomer at NASA, knows the importance of the parade instrument. "I was once asked if Hubble was worth billions of dollars, and my answer was, the universe gave us – and that's why it's so cheap."
But times are tough: after the inauguration of the United States President Trump does not know if his principle "America First" also applies to the space. Jan Wörner, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), continues to work closely with his colleagues overseas: "For the next ten years, I hope that NASA will maintain the public's interest and that US politicians understand NASA is a very important tool for national and international work, and I hope that NASA continues to deal openly with its international partners as it currently does. "
Because in the space, cooperation works both political and political cultural frontiers up to now without problems.And NASA and ESA are currently building together the new Orion spacecraft. In a few years, he will take the space journey to new heights and head for a good old destination: the moon.
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