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... Museum in Abilene. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Space Act establishing NASA in 1958, making the opportunity to host this downlink 60 years later a significant event for the astronauts, library and scouts participating. NASA considers its birthday to be Oct. 1, 1958, the day the agency opened for business. Media may attend in person at the library ...

... -1 . ''Senate Staff Report, Manned Space Flight Program, p. 158; Rocketdyne Valley Skywriter, August 1, 1958, p. 1.''

S. Rept. 1701, Special Committee on Space and Astronautics, “National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958,” published to accompany S. 3609 (later H.R. 12575).

President Eisenhower signed H.R. 12575, making it the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-568). In his statement, he said: "The present National Advisory Committee for ...

Media:1945-06-29_V4I27LARC1945.pdf Langley Air Scoop June 29 1945

June 29-30: Cdr. Richard Byrd, Acosta, Noville, and B. Balchen flew Fokker monoplane America from New York to a crash landing in the sea off the French coast.

Media:84-06-29.pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)

USAF and National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA jointly announce details on the inertial guidance system to be used on the X-15 research aircraft, a flight instrument system to allow the pilot to prevent the aircraft twin reentering dense atmosphere too steeply or too shallow.

USAF Thor flight tested for the first time from a tactical-type launcher at Cape Canaveral .

Test firing of a full-scale upper stage rocket under simulated altitude conditions was made in an engine test celi at the USAF's Arnold Engineering Development Center at Tullahoma, Tenn.

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