An agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Did NASA refuse to pay a $400 fine for littering caused by the deorbiting of Skylab?
The Wikipedia article on the city of Esperance states:
In 1979, pieces of the space station Skylab crashed onto Esperance after the craft broke up over the Indian Ocean. The municipality fined the United States $400 for littering. The fine was paid…
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Are there 263 Sri Lankans working for NASA?
This newspaper article from sundaytimes.lk quotes a statement made by a politician in Sri Lanka.
Among the 2,400 scientists at NASA, 263 scientists are Sri Lankan nationals according to Minister of Science, Professor Tissa Vitharana.
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Did NASA use CGI for the Apollo mission trainers?
The Ohio State "Press Book", Computer Graphics and Computer Animation: A Retrospective Overview talks about the training simulators used on the Apollo projects:
The visual images for the Apollo trainers, and the later Shuttle and Skylab trainers,…
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