Question

questions: 1. what does naca stand for? when was nasa created replacing naca? 2. what does nasa stand for? 3. in 1959, who approved the seal for nasa and on what date? 4. what are the names of the programs leading up to putting the first american man into space? 5. what are the name of the orbiters that the space shuttle program lost?

Explanation:

1. NACA stands for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. NASA was created on October 1, 1958, replacing NACA.
2. NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
3. In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved the seal for NASA on March 19.
4. The programs leading up to putting the first American man into space were Project Mercury.
5. The Space Shuttle Program lost the orbiters Challenger (in 1986) and Columbia (in 2003).

Answer:

1. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; October 1, 1958
2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
3. President Dwight D. Eisenhower; March 19, 1959
4. Project Mercury
5. Challenger, Columbia