NASA

NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Location Information Town: Headquarters: Washington D.C. Use: Spaceflight Employees: Jack Stillwater Dr. Babcock First appearance: "Deep Space Homer" First mentioned: "Homer Goes to College"

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the USA government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research.

History

Wanting to raise the ratings for shuttle launching, which had decreased, NASA tried to look for a normal man whom the average American could relate to send into space. They eventually received a call from Homer asking why their launches were so boring and, after hearing his demands, they realized he was perfect for their mission of raising ratings. Jack Stillwater and Dr. Babcock went to Moe's Bar to talk to Homer, but he told them Barney called them. They were both sent to the NASA headquarters to apply normal astronaut tests. At first, people thought this was a joke, as normal people weren't qualified to be astronauts. However, Barney successfully passed all tests and was chosen to be sent into space with Buzz Aldrin and Race Banyon. But he ultimately escaped on a jetpack, so Homer was chosen instead. When they were finally launched into space, Homer crashed into the ant colony, ruining their experiment about ants transporting screws in space. This caused the NASA launch to have the highest rating in 20 years. However, Homer later broke the shuttle's door but managed to return to Earth, locking the door using an Inanimate carbon rod.

Moe once had to send Barney's bar tab to NASA. When the results came, Moe told Barney he owed him 14 billion dollars.

Appearances

• Episode – "Homer Goes to College" (poster, flashback)
• Episode – "Deep Space Homer"
• Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (mentioned)
• Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
• Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch" (mentioned)
• Episode – "Homerazzi" (mentioned)
• Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" (Chip Davis tribute credits)
• Episode – "The Marge-ian Chronicles" (mentioned)
• Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout" (John Frink of Mars)
• Comic story – Day of the Nerd
• Comic story – The Simpson Project
• Merchandise – Simpsons Mania! (mentioned)

External links

• NASA at Wikipedia

Washington, D.C.

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