NASA (New World Democracy)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United Statesgovernment that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research." NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958. U.S. space exploration efforts have since been led by NASA, including the Apollo moon-landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the Luna and Ares programs. NASA along side the Commercial Space Agency (CSA) provides oversight for the development of Commercial spaceflight. NASA certifies all Space launch vehicles for ether human or cargo transport. The CSA handles commercial space launch's