Happy Birthday NASA!

The year was 1958. Elvis Presley sang on the radio and Alaska was just about to officially become a state. It was 50 years ago that President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration otherwise known as NASA. Since then the men and women at NASA have:

• Put people in space and on the moon
• Uncovered life-like evidence on Mars
• Mapped new planets with the Hubble Telescope
• Developed weather and communication satellites

What will be the next big thing in space exploration? Will you be a part of it?

To start your mission, click "Commence Launch" near the top of the page, then click each star to experience the history of space exploration.