NASA's Contribution to Technological Advances on EarthSummaryNASA is more than just a space administration; it manifests itself every day in the world, even if at first it is not apparent. Few people know the variety of what this has brought to daily life. NASA isn't just about aerospace technology. The three main areas of development were medical, environmental and consumer products. Each area is equally important for technological development. NASA's space exploration is essential to the advancement of technology on Earth.HistoryOn October 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established. It was the day of the beginning of a rich history of unique scientific and technological achievements in the fields of human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science and space applications. It was created due to Sputnik's crisis of confidence. NASA inherited the former National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and other government organizations and immediately began working on options for human spaceflight (Roland, 1999). NASA was first asked to find out if humans could survive in space as part of Project Mercury. This was then followed by Project Gemini, which built on the successes of Project Mercury and used a spacecraft built for two astronauts. NASA then turned its attention to the Moon as part of Project Apollo, which achieved success in 1969 when the Apollo 11 mission first sent a man to the Moon. The Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz test projects soon followed in the early and mid-1970s. NASA then resumed human spaceflight in 1981, with the Space Shuttle program still continuing today to help build the International Space Station (Launius &...... middle of paper ......ar System Exploration. Retrieved March 9, 2003, from http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whatsnew/pr/021113B.htmlMcDonough , B. (2002, March 28). Government of the Year (2000, April 14, 2003). Aeronautics and Space.” World Book Encyclopedia (Vol. 14) Chicago: World Book, Inc. Watson, C. (2003, January 17). A JSC engineer is turning the sun's heat into a cool NASA invention. Retrieved March 14, 2003, from http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/people/mewert.html#xml. =http:// by spaceflight.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/search/xtml.txt