NASA had to get special laws enacted just so women could become astronauts Until the Equal Pay Act in 1963, there were no federal laws prohibiting NASA from discriminating based on sex. There was no official ban preventing women from becoming astronauts, but the agency could claim women were not qualified under previous physical fitness and educational requirements.
NASA has a special toilet. Designed in the early 1980s, the Waste Collection System used on the shuttles was modified for the International Space Station. The system uses air, rather than water, to push the astronaut’s waste away and a special fan sucks away any stray liquid and solid particles
NASA's budget for a year equals about .45 percent of the total United States budget. When NASA was first established in 1958, its budget was around 1.3 percent of the total U.S. Budget, but as the space program evolved and other federal priorities changed, NASA's share of the budget has shrunk.
The ISS has been continuously inhabited since 2000 Although the idea for the International Space Station was conceived in 1984, it did not become a reality until November 2000, when the crew of the Russian Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft entered the station for the first time. It has been consistently inhabited since then.
