GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Detailed explanation-2: -Dryden (right), NASA’s first administrator and deputy administrator respectively. In July 1958, Eisenhower had signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the agency, which opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958.

Detailed explanation-3: -Signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 29, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 “provided for research into the problems of flight within and outside the earth’s atmosphere” and established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Detailed explanation-4: -Birth of NASA On October 1, 1958, the laboratory officially became part of the new NASA space agency and was renamed the Lewis Research Center. In the spring of 1958, Abe Silverstein was transferred to Headquarters where he helped set up the new agency and plan its initial programs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Transition from NACA to NASA From late 1957 to early 1958, the already existing National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) began studying what a new non-military space agency would entail, as well as what its role might be, and assigned several committees to review the concept.