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ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED ON THIS DAY

NASA Seal by viperaviator on DeviantArt


The U.S. Congress passed legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian
agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in
space, on July 29, 1958.

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.

NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s October 4,
1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I.

       

On this day in history, July 29, President Eisenhower signed bill creating NASA | Fox News
President Eisenhower with Hugh Dryden and T. Keith
Glennan, August 19, 1958. Eisenhower (center) swears
in Dr. T. Keith Glennan (right) as the first administrator
of NASA, and Dr. Hugh Dryden (left) as deputy
administrator.

Apollo 11 footprint on the moon - Stock Image - S380/0305 - Science Photo Library

H Nasa - Lulu Sisely

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EMPIRE STATE BUILDING HIT BY AIRCRAFT

Historic Vids's tweet - "Photo of the Empire State Building after a bomber plane crashed into it ...

On Saturday, July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United
States Army Air Forces
crashed into the north side of the Empire
State Building
in New York City while flying in thick fog.

The crash killed fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people
in the building), and an estimated twenty-four others were injured.

The building’s structural integrity was not compromised.

12 Dramatic Photos Of The Empire State Building Plane Crash

The B-25 Empire State Building Crash: Tragedy on 34th Street

A b-25 bomber crashes into the empire state building on the morning of july 28, 1945. photograph ...

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FIRST COMMERCIAL JET MADE TEST FLIGHT

Dinge en Goete (Things and Stuff): This Day in History: Jul 27, 1949: First jet makes test flight

On July 27, 1949, the world’s first jet-propelled airliner, the British
De Havilland Comet, made its maiden test-flight in England. The
jet engine would ultimately revolutionize the airline industry,
shrinking air travel time in half by enabling planes to climb faster
and fly higher.

The Comet was the creation of English aircraft designer and
aviation pioneer Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965).

De Havilland started out designing motorcycles and buses, but
after seeing Wilbur Wright demonstrate an airplane in 1908, he
decided to build one of his own.


Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965)

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NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ON THIS DAY IN 1937

The mystery of Amelia Earhart: She disappeared on her 'round-the-world flight, and was never ...

On July 2, 1937, the Lockheed aircraft carrying American aviator
Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan is reported
missing
near Howland Island in the Pacific.

The pair were attempting to fly around the world when they lost
their bearings during the most challenging leg of the global journey:
Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island, a tiny island 2,227 nautical
miles away, in the center of the Pacific Ocean.

Amelia Earhart's desperate pleas for help heard by dozens after she went missing, researchers ...

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“I BELIEVE WE’VE HAD A PROBLEM HERE”

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Apollo13 – view of the crippled Service Module after
separation.
     
     
     
     
 

On April 13, 1970, disaster struck 200,000 miles from Earth
when oxygen tank No. 2 blew up on
Apollo 13, the third
manned lunar landing mission. Astronauts James A. Lovell,
John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise had left Earth
two days
before
for the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon but were
forced to turn their attention to simply making it home alive.

A routine stir of an oxygen tank ignited damaged wire
insulation inside it, causing an explosion that vented the
contents of both of the SM’s oxygen tanks to space.

Without oxygen, needed for breathing and for generating
electric power, the SM’s propulsion and life support systems
could not operate. The CM’s systems had to be shut down
to conserve its remaining resources for reentry, forcing the
crew to transfer to the LM as a lifeboat. With the lunar landing
canceled, mission controllers worked to bring the crew home
alive.

     

      
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Apollo 13

At NASA Mission Control in Houston’s Manned Spacecraft Center, Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, left, director of flight
crew operations, holds lithium hydroxide canisters attached
to a hose, a makeshift repair to reduce the dangerous levels
of carbon dioxide aboard the crippled spacecraft Apollo 13.

3 1970 headline newspapers APOLLO 13 return safely to earth after space accident

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