{"id":182066,"date":"2025-03-04T05:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=829019"},"modified":"2025-03-04T05:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:55:17","slug":"110-years-ago-the-national-advisory-committee-for-aeronautics-founded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=182066","title":{"rendered":"110 Years Ago: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Founded\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 3, 1915, the United States Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Although the NACA\u2019s founding took place just over 11 years after the Wright Brothers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/120-years-ago-the-first-powered-flight-at-kitty-hawk\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first powered flightfirst powered flight<\/a> at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Congress took the action in response to America lagging behind other world powers\u2019 advances in aviation and aeronautics. From its modest beginnings as an advisory committee, over the years, the NACA established research centers and test facilities that enabled groundbreaking advances in civilian and military aviation, as well as the fledgling discipline of spaceflight. With the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958, the new agency incorporated the NACA\u2019s facilities, its employees, and its annual budget. The NACA provided NASA with a strong foundation as it set out to explore space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a group of nine men in suits, five seated, four standing.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 62%; object-position: 51% 62%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg 2959w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=300,219 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=768,561 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=1024,747 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=1536,1121 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=2048,1495 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=400,292 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=600,438 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=900,657 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=1200,876 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-1-first-meeting-of-the-naca-apr-23-1915-gpn-2000-001571-nasa.jpg?resize=2000,1460 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The first meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on April 23, 1915.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-2-executive-committee-1934-nasa.jpg?w=866\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of nine men wearing suits, six seated in front, three standing behind them.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 30%; object-position: 50% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-2-executive-committee-1934-nasa.jpg 866w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-2-executive-committee-1934-nasa.jpg?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-2-executive-committee-1934-nasa.jpg?resize=768,479 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-2-executive-committee-1934-nasa.jpg?resize=400,249 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-2-executive-committee-1934-nasa.jpg?resize=600,374 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The NACA executive committee in 1934. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Congressional action that created the NACA, implemented as a rider to the 1915 Naval Appropriations Bill, reads in part, &#8220;&#8230;It shall be the duty of the advisory committee for aeronautics to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution. &#8230;&#8221;. In its initial years, the NACA fulfilled its intended role, coordinating activities already in place in the area of aeronautics research, reporting directly to the president. The committee, made up of 12 representatives from government agencies, academia, and the military, first met on April 23 in the Office of the Secretary of War in Washington, D.C. It established a nine-member executive committee to oversee day-to-day operations and spent the first few years establishing its headquarters in Washington.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A logo of the NACA, with a central shield and two wings on either side, the letters NACA inside.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=300,80 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=768,205 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=1024,273 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=1536,410 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=2048,546 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=400,107 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=600,160 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=900,240 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=1200,320 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-3-naca-logo-1941-nasa.png?resize=2000,533 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The committee\u2019s logo, approved in 1941.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-4-naca-seal-from-book-naca-to-nasa-to-now-nasa.jpg?w=317\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A circular seal, with a color drawing of the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk, and National Advisory Council for Aeronautics written around the border.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-4-naca-seal-from-book-naca-to-nasa-to-now-nasa.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-4-naca-seal-from-book-naca-to-nasa-to-now-nasa.jpg?resize=294,300 294w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-4-naca-seal-from-book-naca-to-nasa-to-now-nasa.jpg?resize=50,50 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The committee\u2019s seal, approved by presidential executive order in 1953.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-5-naca-langley-1931-nasa.jpg?w=824\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white image of two wooden airplane hangars.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-5-naca-langley-1931-nasa.jpg 824w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-5-naca-langley-1931-nasa.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-5-naca-langley-1931-nasa.jpg?resize=768,548 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-5-naca-langley-1931-nasa.jpg?resize=400,285 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-5-naca-langley-1931-nasa.jpg?resize=600,428 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Hangars at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia, in 1931. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-6-langley-vdt-nasa.jpg?w=933\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white image of two men peering into the side of a large cylindrical object (a wind tunnel).\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 53% 8%; object-position: 53% 8%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-6-langley-vdt-nasa.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-6-langley-vdt-nasa.jpg?resize=300,203 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-6-langley-vdt-nasa.jpg?resize=768,520 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-6-langley-vdt-nasa.jpg?resize=400,271 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-6-langley-vdt-nasa.jpg?resize=600,406 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-6-langley-vdt-nasa.jpg?resize=900,610 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Variable Density Tunnel at Langley. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-7-ames-1944-nasa.jpg?w=960\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white aerial view of a large facility with many buildings.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-7-ames-1944-nasa.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-7-ames-1944-nasa.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-7-ames-1944-nasa.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-7-ames-1944-nasa.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-7-ames-1944-nasa.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-7-ames-1944-nasa.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Aerial view of the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory in Sunnyvale, California, in 1944. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white aerial view of a large facility with multiple buildings.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=300,146 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=768,375 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=1024,500 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=400,195 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=600,293 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=900,439 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-8-lewis-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=1200,586 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Aerial view of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1945.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Within a few years, the NACA\u2019s role began to expand with the establishment of research facilities. The Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, today NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/langley\/history\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Langley Research Center<\/a>, in Hampton, Virginia, opened on June 11, 1920. Over the next few decades, Langley served as a testing facility for new types of aircraft, using wind tunnels and other technological advances. The Ames Aeronautical Laboratory in Sunnyvale, California, today NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/reference\/ames-history\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ames Research Center<\/a>, opened in 1940 and the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, today NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/glenn\/history\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glenn Research Center<\/a>, in 1941. The three labs achieved many breakthroughs in civilian and military aviation before, during, and after World War II. The Cleveland lab, renamed the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in 1948, concentrated most of its efforts on advances in jet propulsion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-9-naca-flight-research-center.jpg?w=682\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a large group of people standing in front of a building.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-9-naca-flight-research-center.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-9-naca-flight-research-center.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-9-naca-flight-research-center.jpg?resize=400,276 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-9-naca-flight-research-center.jpg?resize=600,414 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The NACA High-Speed Flight Station, now NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center, at Edwards Air Force Base in California\u2019s Mojave Desert. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white image of a rocket plane in flight (the X-1).\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-10-bell-x-1-46-062-in-flight-nasa.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Bell X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in 1947.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-11-wallops-first-rocket-1945-nasa.jpg?w=920\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a sounding rocket taking off from a beach.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 36%; object-position: 52% 36%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-11-wallops-first-rocket-1945-nasa.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-11-wallops-first-rocket-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-11-wallops-first-rocket-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=768,530 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-11-wallops-first-rocket-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=400,276 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-11-wallops-first-rocket-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=600,414 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-11-wallops-first-rocket-1945-nasa.jpg?resize=900,621 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The first sounding rocket launch from the Pilotless Aircraft Research Station at Wallops Island, Virginia, in 1945.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After World War II, the NACA began work on achieving supersonic flight. In 1946, the agency established the Muroc Flight Test Unit at the Air Force\u2019s Muroc Field, later renamed Edwards Air Force Base, in California\u2019s Mojave Desert. In a close collaboration, the NACA, the Air Force, and Bell Aircraft developed the X-1 airplane that first broke the sound barrier in 1947. Muroc Field underwent several name changes, first to the High-Speed Flight Station in 1949, then in 1976 to NASA\u2019s Dryden, and in 2014 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/armstrong\/history\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/a>. In 1945, the NACA established the Pilotless Aircraft Research Station on Wallops Island, Virginia, now NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wallops-history\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wallops Flight Facility<\/a>, as a test site for rocketry research, under Langley\u2019s direction. From the first launch in 1945 through 1958, the NACA launched nearly 400 different types of rockets from Wallops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white imaqe of a black semi hemispherical object and the air currents it creates behind it.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg 1919w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=300,216 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=768,553 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=1024,738 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=1536,1107 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=400,288 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=600,432 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=900,649 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-12-blunt-body-aerodynamics-arc-1958-a-23753large-naca.jpg?resize=1200,865 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Shadowgraph of finned hemispherical model in free flight shows shock waves produced by blunt bodies.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NACA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Black and white group photograph of about 20 men in suits sitting around a large conference table.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 64%; object-position: 50% 64%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg?resize=300,240 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg?resize=768,614 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg?resize=1024,819 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg?resize=400,320 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg?resize=600,480 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naca-founding-13-special-committee-on-space-technology-may-26-1958.jpg?resize=900,720 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Meeting of the NACA\u2019s Special Committee on Space Technology in May 1958.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the 1950s, the NACA began to study the feasibility of spaceflight, including sending humans into space. In 1952, NACA engineers developed the concept of a blunt body capsule as the most efficient way to return humans from space. The design concept found its way into the Mercury capsule and all future American spacecraft. Following the dawn of the space age in 1957, the NACA advocated that it take the lead in America\u2019s spaceflight effort. The Congress passed, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/65-years-ago-the-national-aeronautics-and-space-act-of-1958-creates-nasa\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislation<\/a> to create a new civilian space agency, and on Oct. 1, 1958, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/65-years-ago-nasa-begins-operations\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA officially began operations<\/a>. The new organization incorporated the NACA\u2019s research laboratories and test facilities, its 8,000 employees, and its $100 million annual budget.\u00a0 Many of NASA\u2019s key early leaders and engineers began their careers in the NACA. The NACA\u2019s last director, Hugh Dryden, served as NASA\u2019s first deputy administrator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the NACA and its transition to NASA, read former NASA Chief Historian Roger Launius\u2019 book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/history-publications-and-resources\/nasa-history-series\/naca-to-nasa-to-now\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century<\/a>. Watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IIRc_aIGEWc&amp;t=5s\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> narrated by former NASA Chief Historian Bill Barry about the NACA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\n<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/65-years-ago-the-national-aeronautics-and-space-act-of-1958-creates-nasa\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nasa_act_of_1958_1_igy_emblem_from_paper.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nasa_act_of_1958_1_igy_emblem_from_paper.jpg 517w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nasa_act_of_1958_1_igy_emblem_from_paper.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nasa_act_of_1958_1_igy_emblem_from_paper.jpg?resize=300,297 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nasa_act_of_1958_1_igy_emblem_from_paper.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nasa_act_of_1958_1_igy_emblem_from_paper.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nasa_act_of_1958_1_igy_emblem_from_paper.jpg?resize=400,396 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">7 min read<\/div>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n<h3 class=\"related-article-title\">65 Years Ago: The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 Creates NASA<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2 years ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/65-years-ago-eisenhower-nominates-glennan-and-dryden-to-top-nasa-positions\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/glennan_and_dryden_1_sputnik_1_launch_color_1957.jpg?w=240\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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