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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was subsequently absorbed into NASA's operations.

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