Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 29, 1958 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).
On March 5, President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) Chairman James Killian wrote a memorandum to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, entitled "Organization for Civil Space Programs", encouraging the creation of a civil space program based upon a "strengthened and redesignated" NACA which could expand its research program "with a minimum of ...
Eisenhower was born David Dwight Eisenhower in Denison, Texas, on October 14, 1890, the third of seven sons born to Ida and David. [8] His mother soon reversed his two forenames after his birth to avoid the confusion of having two Davids in the family. [9] He was named Dwight after the evangelist Dwight L. Moody. [10]
January 20 – Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower; September 9 – Civil Rights Act of 1957; October 4 – Sputnik 1 is launched, the first artificial Earth satellite. October 5 – The White House praises Russia's launch of an earth satellite, saying that the launch was not surprising to President Eisenhower or the government. [39]
The message recorded of Eisenhower.. SCORE (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world's first purpose-built communications satellite.Launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, SCORE provided the second test of a communications relay system in space (the first having been provided by the USAF/NASA's Pioneer 1), [3] the first broadcast of a human voice ...
Outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower and President-elect John F. Kennedy at the White House on December 6, 1960. The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, established a two-term limit for the presidency. As the amendment had not applied to President Truman, Eisenhower became the first president constitutionally limited ...
General Dwight D. Eisenhower On this day 68 years ago, nearly 3 million Allied troops readied themselves for one of the greatest military operations of world history. D-Day.
Seven key episodes in Eisenhower's life—including his entry at United States Military Academy in 1911, D-Day in 1944, Eisenhower's election to the presidency in 1952, the racial desegregation crisis of 1957, and the creation of NASA in 1958 [94] [95] —will be augmented with still images, video, and audio to both provide greater insight into ...