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Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:02:05 PM
July 29,
1958
NASA created
On
this day in 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency
responsible for coordinating America's activities in space. NASA has
since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have
yielded vital information about the solar system and universe. It has
also launched numerous earth-orbiting satellites that have been
instrumental in everything from weather forecasting to navigation to
global communications.
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