This logo dates back to 1959, when the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) metamorphosed into an agency that would advance both space and aeronautics: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) .
In June 2004, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne became the first privately-funded crewed vehicle to reach space. Three months later, flying a sub-orbital trajectory twice within a two week period, the spacecraft and its pilots won the $10 million Ansari X Prize. Today, SpaceShipOne hangs in the ...
Space Voyagers' Shuttle Launch Adventure Set includes three die-cast vehicles - the Space Shuttle orbiter, NASA patrol car and launch control van - as well as two plastic astronauts, Space Shuttle program embroidered patch and countdown clock sign. Everything you need to launch your own space ...