NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy [+]Loading...["Death and Diplomacy (novel)"]) or NASA, was an American organisation founded in 1958 dedicated to exploring space. (AUDIO: Red Dawn [+]Loading...["Red Dawn (audio story)"])
History
20th century
In 1961, the Brookings Report was approved, telling NASA how it could conduct its business. (AUDIO: Red Dawn [+]Loading...["Red Dawn (audio story)"])
In 1969, NASA launched the shuttle signal that the Eleventh Doctor used to hypnotise everyone on Earth to kill the Silence on sight. (TV: Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"])
In the 1970s, NASA sent messages into space containing a map of the solar system, pictures of what humans looked like along with images, voices and music including Chuck Berry. These messages were noticed by extra-terrestrial species, resulting in the Pulse being sent to Earth. (TV: A Day in the Death [+]Loading...["A Day in the Death (TV story)"])
Dr. Tyler stated that, even though he was not NASA, he still got the results. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"])
In the 1980s, the Eighth Doctor and Debbie Castle stole a NASA space shuttle. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"])
21st century
In 2003, close to the Agent Yellow crisis, Chris Cwej worked for NASA. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps [+]Loading...["Eternity Weeps (novel)"])
Around 2006, NASA launched the Ares Project to Mars. (AUDIO: Red Dawn [+]Loading...["Red Dawn (audio story)"])
After capturing the quantum transducer, Jack Harkness commented that it made NASA look like Toys R Us. (TV: Ghost Machine [+]Loading...["Ghost Machine (TV story)"])
In October 2007, Owen Harper speculated that Jack Harkness was calling NASA about the alien warning device Torchwood Three had in its possession. (PROSE: Border Princes [+]Loading...["Border Princes (novel)"])
Andromeda Ross believed that NASA were covering up the existence of life in Centaurus. (AUDIO: Believe [+]Loading...["Believe (audio story)"])
In 2008, it also formed part of a teleconference on the Atraxi crisis. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])
In 2010, Sarah Jane Smith sabotaged a NASA rover on Mars to prevent it from discovering a pyramid. (TV: The Vault of Secrets [+]Loading...["The Vault of Secrets (TV story)"])
At some point before 2011, NASA astronaut Millicent Drake's shuttle was destroyed by what appeared to be a meteor (in fact a disguised segment of the Key to Time) controlled by the Cronquist, leaving her the only survivor. (AUDIO: Ferril's Folly [+]Loading...["Ferril's Folly (audio story)"])
In 2020, NASA detected the Transit Station on their scanners in orbit around the moon, not seeing it approach. By 7:10 the next morning, they were preparing a mission to intercept it. BBC News reported their actions. (PROSE: At Childhood's End [+]Loading...["At Childhood's End (novel)"])
NASA still existed by 2049 as Lundvik worked there. (TV: Kill the Moon [+]Loading...["Kill the Moon (TV story)"])
Other references
Patches of NASA were worn by Ace on her black bomber jacket. (TV: Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"] - Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"], et. al)
