Summaries

Science of Rockets
Since the late 1950's NASA has used Atlas rockets to launch probes into space. Recent Versions of the rockets are about 58 meters high. These Atlas rockets have 3 parts The first part of the rocket is called the Atlas, the second is called the Centaur, and the third part is called the payload. The payload launches the satellite or rocket into space.

The Space Program
NASA has some interesting history. Apollo 13 was launched April 11, 1970. Apollo 13 was a good thing turned bad. At first it seemed as if Apollo 13 was going to be a very smooth mission. After two days the oxygen tank blew up, but thankfully everyone on the flight survived. Even though NASA had this problem, they have still sent up 3 other spacecrafts.

Exploring Space Today
NASA started to use robots in space. They are floating robots that float next to an astronaut of their journey. This robot does many things that helps NASA with things in space. The floating robot floats next to the astronaut and monitors temperature, pressure, and air quality. This robot also allows the the astronauts to talk to one another and it's connected to a mission control center on Earth.

Using Space Science on Earth
Less than one percent of Earths budget goes to the NASA program. Even though that is not exactly all that much, people still complain about how money should go to something more useful, like medical hospitals.