That's the correct question to the NASA TV answer, "This popular television game show celebrity hosts a public service announcement pointing out that much of the technology we rely on in our daily lives comes from technologies developed by NASA for space exploration!"
Fifty years later, the flight of the fourth American in space (and second to orbit the Earth) is celebrated in this video tribute to Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter produced by NASA Television.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden addressed media representatives (Tuesday May 22) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida following SpaceX NASA demonstration flight launch to the International Space Station.
It won't happen again until December 2117. On June 5th, 2012, Venus will transit the face of the sun in an event of both historical and observational importance. The best places to watch are in the south Pacific, but travel is not required. The event will also be visible around sunset from the USA.
After launching in their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin arrived at the International Space Station on May 17, docking their craft to the Poisk module on the Russian segment of the complex.
Julie Kramer White from NASA Johnson Space Center tells her story of how she got a career in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) field.
