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Jul 29, 2018 · On April 2, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a draft law to Congress that called for a civilian National Aeronautics and Space Agency, based on the existing National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), to oversee the US space program.
Apr 2, 2018 · Legislative Reference Service analyst Eilene Galloway. On April 2, 1958, in a special note sent to Congress President Dwight D. Eisenhower called for a civilian National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), based on the existing NACA, to oversee the US space program.
Jul 26, 2023 · President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 into law on July 29, creating NASA. The agency opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958. Left: Official emblem of the International Geophysical Year. Middle: Launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite.
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.
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...
Jul 29, 2015 · History. Space. The Sadly Familiar Reason NASA Was Created. 3 minute read. President Dwight Eisenhower and Dr. T. Keith Glennan, the first head of NASA, discuss photos received from the...
Aug 1, 2019 · On Aug. 19, 1958, Eisenhower’s appointees were sworn in. T. Keith Glennan was named NASA’s first Administrator and Hugh Dryden, who had been the head of NACA, was made NASA’s first Deputy Administrator. On Oct. 1, NASA was officially open for business.
