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The first administrator of NASA was Dr. T. Keith Glennan; during his term he brought together the disparate projects in space development research in the US. [3] Daniel Goldin held the post for the longest term (nearly 10 years), and is best known for pioneering the "faster, better, cheaper" approach to space programs. [4]
A security guard examines the new sign near the entrance to the Lewis Research Center one day after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was officially established. NASA came into being on October 1, 1958, and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ( NACA ) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory became the NASA Lewis ...
NASA opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958, with T. Keith Glennan as our first administrator. Our history tells a story of exploration, innovation and discoveries. The next 60 years, that story continues.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA / ... [60] NASA signed its first CRS contracts in 2008 and awarded $1.6 ... In order to study and ...
As NASA prepares to blast off its new moon rocket, the space agency is poised to return to the moon for the first time in half a century. On this day 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (Pub. L. 85–568) is the United States federal statute that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Act, which followed close on the heels of the Soviet Union 's launch of Sputnik , was drafted by the United States House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space ...
James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second Administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968.
Elon Musk views the federal bureaucracy as an “existential threat” to the country and is enlisting President-elect Donald Trump’s help to pare it back dramatically.