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 race between the United States ...

Explorer 1 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Jan. 31, 1958. * Image: Courtesy of NASA * 1958: The United States enters the space age with the successful launch of the Explorer I satellite.

The United States dared to boldly go where no man had gone before when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act on this day in history, July 29, 1958. The ...

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July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon 1958: President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed a bill to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA. The Congressional bill's full title was: "National Aeronautics and Space Act ...

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) began managing the United States space exploration program on October 1, 1958. NASA’s stated vision is: To reach for new heights and reveal the ...

On this day in 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law legislation creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. When the fledgling agency began operations on Oct. 1, 1958, it ...