NASA's Contribution to Technological Advances on EarthAbstractNASA is more than just a space administration; it shows up in the world every day even though it may not be obvious at first. Not many people know the variety of what he brought to everyday life. NASA isn't just limited to aerospace technology. The three main fields of development were medical, environmental and consumer products. Each field is equally important for technological development. NASA's space exploration is essential to the advancement of technology on Earth.HistoryOn October 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created. It was the day that began a rich history of unique scientific and technological achievements in the fields of human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science and space applications. It was formed due to Sputnik's crisis of confidence. NASA inherited the former National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and other government organizations, and immediately began working on options for human spaceflight (Roland, 1999). NASA was initially called upon to find out whether humans could survive in space in Project Mercury. This was then followed by Project Gemini, which built on the successes of Project Mercury and used a spacecraft built for two astronauts. NASA then turned its attention to the Moon in Project Apollo, which was successful in 1969 when the Apollo 11 mission put a man on the Moon for the first time. The Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz test projects soon followed in the early and mid-1970s. NASA then resumed human spaceflight in 1981, with the Space Shuttle program continuing today to help build the International Space Station (Launius &...... center of paper ......ar System Exploration. Retrieved March 9, 2003, from http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whatsnew/pr/021113B.htmlMcDonough, B. (2002, March 28). NASA Names Most Important Inventions. Retrieved March 9, 2003, from http://sci.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16989.html NASA Selects Commercial and Government Inventions of the Year (2000, April 14). Retrieved March 5, 2003, from http://www. aerotechnews. com/starc/2000/041400/NASA_Inventions.html Roland, A. (1999). A JSC engineer turns the sun's heat into a fantastic invention. NASA Human Space Flight. Retrieved March 14, 2003, from http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/people/mewert.html#xml. =http:// from spaceflight.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/search/xtml.txt