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: Since its incorporation, most of the space exploration efforts of the United States have been led by the NASA, gradually making the agency the most advanced space agency on Earth. Some revolutionary and remarkable space programs carried out by the agency include the Apollo missions for moon-landing, the Skylab space station and later on the infamous Space Shuttle program. The establishment of Hubble Space Telescope by NASA in 1990 is considered to be one of the turning points in human understanding of the universe. It was due to Hubble that we were able to see the pictures of distant stars and planets in our galaxy. At present, NASA is one of the key members in the support and maintenance of the ISS (International Space Station)