NASA

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was an American organisation dedicated to exploring space. The Doctor had various encounters with NASA.

In 1969, NASA lauunched the shuttle signal that the Eleventh Doctor used to hypnotise everyone on Earth to kill the Silence on sight. (DW: Day of the Moon)

In the 1980s, the Eighth Doctor and Debbie Castle stole a NASA space shuttle. (EDA: Father Time)

In 2003, close to the Agent Yellow crisis, Chris Cwej worked for NASA. (NA: Eternity Weeps)

Around 2006 NASA launched a manned mission to Mars, which was encountered by the Fifth Doctor and Peri Brown. (BFA: Red Dawn)

After capturing the quantum transducer, Jack Harkness commented that it made NASA look like Toys "R" Us. (TW: Ghost Machine)

In 2010, it also formed part of a teleconference on the Atraxi crisis. (DW: The Eleventh Hour)

Also in 2010, Sarah Jane Smith sabotaged a NASA rover on Mars to prevent it from discovering a Pyramid built by the Ice Warriors. (SJA: The Vault of Secrets)