Nasa Space Shuttle Enamel Metal Pin

NASA ENAMEL METAL PIN

The pin measures approximately 3.5 x 2 cm

NASA, an acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the civilian government agency responsible for the space program and aerospace research of the United States of America.

During its first ten years of operation, NASA built new centers for research and development and for the management of aerospace activities: the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Manned Spacecraft Center, the Kennedy Space Center, and the Electronics Research Center.

After the Apollo program for the exploration of the Moon, space activity developed through the program of the US orbital station Skylab, the launch of numerous missions to explore the solar system with automatic probes, the exploitation of Earth's orbital space with the Space Shuttle shuttles and participation in the construction of the ISS (International Space Station).

The loss of two Space Shuttles (1986 and 2003) with their crews, and budget cuts have led the agency to shelve plans for new manned lunar exploration and for sending astronauts to Mars, whose exploration will continue to be reserved for robotic systems. On September 14, 2011, it announced that it had selected the design for a new manned transport system, called the Space Launch System, intended to replace the Space Shuttles.