On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States orbited its first satellite. The effort was part of the nation's participation in the ...

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in ...

President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act on this day in 1958, paving the way for our solar system to be explored!

1958-1963 – NASA’s Project Mercury. The program’s objectives include orbiting a crewed spacecraft around Earth, investigating man’s ability to function in space and recovering both man and ...

NACA beginings (1915-1940) / by Craig Collins ; Helping to win World War II (1940-1945) / by Edward Goldstein ; The jet age and beyond (1945-1958) / by Dwight Jon Zimmerman ; Aeronautics under NASA ...

1958-1963 – NASA’s Project Mercury. The program’s objectives include orbiting a crewed spacecraft around Earth, investigating man’s ability to function in space and recovering both man and ...