NASA Marks 67th Anniversary of Its Founding

On October 1, 1958, NASA officially opened for business, created by the National Aeronautics and Space Act signed by President Eisenhower. The agency absorbed the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its 8,000 employees and three laboratories. NASA was established to organize U.S. space research and ensure the nation would not fall behind in the space race.