Oct 21 1959

From The Space Library

After a meeting with officials concerned with the missile and space program, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced that he intended to transfer to NASA control of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's Development Operations Division personnel and facilities. The transfer, subject to congressional approval, would include the Saturn development program.

New York Times, October 22, 1959; Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, p. 114.