NASA

Since The 1950's NASA has been using Atlas rockets to launch probes and satellites up into space. The rockets have three stages and are 59 meters high. First stage is wear the liquid and solid fuel boosters, they launch the rocket into space. Second stage uses liquid fuel to get into proper orbit after the launch. Third stage holds the probe or satellites that need to be launched into space.

NASA started in 1958, it had a mission and the mission was to explore space. Their first mission was to see if a human could live on Mercury. A few missions later they had Apollo land on the Moon. This was a successful mission and the birth of space shuttle programs. Even though Apollo 13 and other missions failed they haven't given up and are still doing missions today.

NASA has made a small robot for the International Space Station(ISS). It can float to and astronaut and tell them if there's a problem in the (ISS) environment. Since the robot is small it can easily monitor small spaces no adult human could get to. It's solar powered and it has little fans so it can move and follow the astronaut. It checks the air quality, temperature, and pressure for the astronauts so that nothing bad happens.

NASA says less that one present of the U.S's budget is spent on them/the program. Many people argue against funding NASA, most say that the money needs to go to health research and education instead. NASA has learned so much about the universe from all of the exploration and the program. All of this research has produced a lot of satellite communications. Also NASA supports many jobs, so they not only help with understanding the universe. But they also help the economy by supporting the jobs the U.S. has.