Johnson Space Center in the Texan city of the same name. Generally, a radio transmission addressed to "Houston" (especially from anyone in space) is a reference to NASA's Mission Control Center at Lyndon B.
Geological Survey geologist who flew on Apollo 17) were military officers when they flew. The exceptions were Neil Armstrong-who flew on Gemini 8 as well as Apollo 11-who was a former Navy pilot, and Harrison Schmitt, a civilian U.S. Furthermore many astronauts (especially in the early days note For instance, all Mercury astronauts, all Gemini astronauts save one, and all Apollo astronauts save two were serving members of the US military at the time of flight-and the Gemini civilian was one of the Apollo ones, as well. civilian" confusion is likely due to the frequent misconception of NASA's responsibilities, as the agency is frequently portrayed as conducting activities-such as tracking objects in Earth orbit, or launching and controlling secret satellites, for example-that generally fall within the purview of military or intelligence communities (most often the United States Air Force). It is not a military agency it's a civilian agency (although some personnel, particularly astronauts, may be military officers on special assignment to the agency as a tour of duty). government agency concerned with space exploration, founded in 1958 as the successor to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the U.S. The NASA Vision note Circa 2022, changes every presidential administration
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