What is the Full Form of NASA and where it is located?

Full form of NASA and where it is located - Full Form, Meaning, and Definition 

The full form of NASA is NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION.

What does NASA do and where is it located?

NASA is an independent space agency of the US government whose primary focus is research in the field of technology related to space and air. 

NASA was established on October 1st 1958 and is also accredited for sending the first satellite to space called Explorer 1. Neil Armstrong the first man who set foot on the moon was an astronaut from NASA.

This agency is located at the NASA headquarters, in Washington, D.C, USA.

How can I join NASA?

NASA generally prefers applicants having a university degree or especially those who have military experience and background in military field. Also degrees in science and Mathematics is required. Trained test pilots are sometimes hired without having any military background. 

If you have experience of these fields you can at least try applying. Also NASA in collation to full-time position, offers alternative training and hiring opportunities that includes internship. 

More information regarding career opportunities for NASA will be found at https://nasajobs.nasa.gov/. And to apply for job in NASA visit https://www.usajobs.gov/.

What is the Mars rover mission 2020 of NASA?

The main mission of Mars Rover launched in July 2020 is to study if Mars was or is a habitable planet, research on the past water activity and to study the geographical situation of Mars.

What is the International Space station? 

The international space station is an artificial habitable satellite or spacecraft which is jointly run by five different space agency namely NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA and CSA. 

Launched in 1998, The ISS serves as the home for astronauts and cosmonauts so that they can do their research on space in this unique science laboratory.   

List of NASA space missions

• Mercury program (US crewed mission, 1958-1963)
• Gemini program (practice program for space rendezvous, 1961-1966)
• Apollo program ( first human landing on Moon, 1960-1972)
• Skylab ( first ever American space station, 1964-1973)
• Apollo Soyuz Test project ( cooperating with Soviet Union, 1971-1975)
• Space shuttle program ( Russian partnership, 1993-1998)
• International space station ( joint with Roscosmos, ESA, CSA and JAXA, 1993-ongoing)
• Commercial Crew Program ( current mission to shuttle Americans to the ISS, 2011-ongoing)
• Artemis program ( mission to bring humans to the moon again, 2017-ongoing)

Who are the top NASA scientists from India?

• Kalpana Chawla ( astronaut on Colombia shuttle mission)
• Ashwin Vasavada ( exploring Mars Via the Curiosity Rover Mission)
• Sunita Williams (part of NASA’s manned mars mission)
• Sharmila Bhattacharya ( director of research in the biomodel performance laboratory of the space, studying the human body in space)
• Dr. Kamlesh Lulla (director of the university research, monitoring astronauts land safely through remote sensing)
• Dr. Meya Meyappan ( chief scientist for exploration technology at NASA)
• Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta ( study of Heliophysics in NASA)