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Jul 29, 2018 · Jul 29, 2018. Article. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) appoints T. Keith Glennan (right) NASA’s first administrator and Hugh L. Dryden its first deputy administrator. Image Credit: NASA. Although NASA is best known for 60 years of engineering and scientific achievements, it originally came into being as a matter of national security.
- 60 Years Ago, Eisenhower Proposes NASA to Congress
On April 2, 1958, in a special note sent to Congress...
- 65 Years Ago: The National Aeronautics and Space Act ... - NASA
Middle: Portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Right:...
- 60 Years Ago, Eisenhower Proposes NASA to Congress
On April 2, 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower, aware of the social and political scene unfolding around dominance in outer space, wrote a special note to Congress calling for the creation of a civilian National Aeronautics and Space Agency. As an experienced general himself, Eisenhower knew the importance of separating military from civilian ...
Jul 29, 2015 · President Dwight Eisenhower and Dr. T. Keith Glennan, the first head of NASA, discuss photos received from the satellite Tires I in Washington on April 1, 1960, AP. By Lily Rothman. July 29, 2015 ...
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Jul 29, 2017 · 07/29/2017 12:35 AM EDT. On this day in 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law legislation creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Mounting pressures of a space ...
Signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 29, 1958. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 ( Pub. L. 85–568) is the United States federal statute that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Act, which followed close on the heels of the Soviet Union 's launch of Sputnik, was drafted by the ...
