U.S. Government Agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Space Programs – The Person Who Created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Organization it Originated From, the First Human Being Within Space, the Second Human Being Within Space, the Third Human Being Within Space, the First Woman Within Space, the Benefit of Project Mercury for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Length of Time Project Gemini Occurred for, the Technology Developed During Project Gemini, the First Occurrence of Extra Vehicular Activity (Space Walk), the Mission Which Permitted the First Extra Vehicular Activity and the Length of Time the First Extra Vehicular Activity Occurred for, the First Half Successful Docking Attempt Within Space, the Reason the Gemini 8 Mission Was Aborted, the First Emergency Landing of a Piloted U.S. Spacecraft, the Astronauts Selected for and the Scheduled Launch Date of the Apollo 1 Flight, the Photograph Taken During the Apollo 1 Space Vehicle Plugs-Out Integrated Test, Communications Problems Occurring Prior to the Apollo 1 Launch, the Death of All 3 Astronauts During the Space Vehicle Plugs-Out Integrated Test and the Reason for This, the Length of Time Piloted Space Flight Was Paused by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Post the Apollo 1 Accident, the Next Mission Which Permitted Astronauts the Ability to Reach Space, the First Successful Docking Within Space, the First Space Flight to Provide Astronauts Hot Meals, the Primary Goal While Attempting to Land the Lunar Module Upon the Moon in 1969, the Reason U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong Manually Took Control of the Lunar Module During Landing, the Problem With This Intervention, the Reason Mission Control Created a 94 Second Count Down During the Apollo 11 Mission, the Impact of the Lunar Module Running Out of Fuel, the Volume of Fuel Left Prior to the Apollo 11 Mission Successfully Landing Upon the Moon, and the Last Astronaut to Walk Upon the Moon

President Dwight Eisenhower commissioned the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958 which succeeded the National Advisory Comittee for Aeronautics. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space on April 12, 1961. 1 month later, American Alan Shepard became the second person to become suborbital, which he accomplished inside the Freedom 7 space capsule. American Gus Grissom piloted the next suborbital flight on July 21, 1961. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshk...


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