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President Dwight D. Eisenhower, responding to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, formed the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to investigate what a new federal agency overseeing the U.S. effort to explore outer space would entail. The result was the formation of NASA in 1958.
NASA was created by the National Aeronatics and Space Adminstration Act which was passed by Congress on July 16 1958.
NASA became operational on October 1 of that year.
Dwight Eisenhower was president.
President Eisenhower signed the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, which officially created NASA and absorbed the previous responsible authority (National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics) in its entirety.
Thomas Jefferson
NASA was wayyy after Thomas Jefferson oh my goodness...haha! All i know is it was before Nixon.
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Which president was responsible for creating NASA?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What president is responsible for NASA being in Houston?
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Which presidents was responsible for developing the US space program - NASA?
President Eisenhower
What happend during president Dwight's presidency?
He was responsible for the creation of NASA and he created Interstate Highway System
Who made NASA and why?
The Congress and President made NASA because of the Soviets
What president started NASA and what year?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower started NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in 1958.
Why did JFK establish NASA?
President John F. Kennedy didn't establish NASA; his predecessor, President Dwight D. Eisenhower did.
Who was president when NASA was formed?
Naram Bithyou
What space program is responsible for putting men on the moon?
NASA
Who is the 1st president of NASA?
Dwight Eisenhower. President Eisenhower created NASA in response to the Sputnik crisis with the space race against the Soviet Union
What is an example of what nasa does?
it helps you understand technology,air,space and NASA
Which act that made NASA became a reality?
The NASA act, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
