SPACE EXPLORATION | Expanding the boundaries of human understanding

Spinoffs From Space

In 2008, NASA will celebrate 50 years of exploring the solar system and expanding human knowledge of the universe. The agency’s pioneering research also has produced or contributed to such technologies as satellites, space-based telescopes and cell phones, and new products used every day in every nation that have contributed to advances in health care, transportation, public safety, consumer goods, environmental resources and information technology.