The NASA

NASA was created July 29, 1958 to administer and carry out projects under civil astronautics, hitherto supported by the various branches of the armed forces of the United States to catch up with the lead taken by the Soviet Union. NASA resumes at the time the research NACA hitherto focused on research in the field of aeronautics. She is now with a budget of $ 17.8 billion (2012) and directly employs about 18,500 people and a large number of subcontractors spread between 10 space centers located primarily in the states of Texas, California and Florida, Alabama, Virginia and Washington. The outstanding tasks are being completed and operation of the International Space Station, the use and implementation of several space telescopes with the James Webb Space Telescope, the MESSENGER spacecraft, New Horizons and Mars Science Laboratory already launched or about to be launched. NASA also plays a fundamental role in current research on climate change.