On this day in 1958, President Eisenhower signed the act creating NASA

On this day in 1958, President Eisenhower signed the act creating NASA. The National Aeronautics and Space Act (Pub.L. 85-568), the United States federal statute that created NASA, was signed into law on July 29, 1958.

NASA officially began operations on Oct. 1, 1958, to perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics.