As we approach the #NASA60th anniversary on October 1, let's look back at how it all began -- with the passage of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 and the absorbing of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics into what became NASA, which by 1958 had already begun sending pilots to the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Watch & learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/2mNbHvP. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Happy Birthday to us! Today (October 1) in 1958, NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) began operations. NASA was created by merging the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, with several other organizations doing government space research and development. Following the successful back-to-back Sputnik flights in October and November 1957, the United States decided to create a civil space agency. By July 1958, Congress had passed, and President Eisenhower had signed, the