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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, was the primary national space agency of the United States, in the 2008 script, the organization unfolded roughly thirty years prior to the return of the probe from the Ice Planet named "Mann" after the researcher Dr. Mann who was sent there. They were forced to continue in secret after the blight, tasked by the government to find a stable planet that could support human life. Professor Brand, who was the brains behind the operation, was working on a gravity equation to make this mission possible. NASA planned to send the spacecraft "Endurance" through a wormhole near Saturn to receive critical data about 3 possibly habitable planets which had been collected over the years by astronauts who had already been sent through around 10 years prior to the launch of the Endurance. Using this data, they would decide which planet would be the new home for humanity.

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NASA patch on Cooper's space suit chest

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NASA patch close-up

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