President Dwight D. Eisenhower started NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in 1958.
The NASA act was signed in July of 1958 by president Eisenhower and NASA officially started operations on the 1st of October of that same year.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the NASA Act in July of 1958. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded and began their operations on October 1st, 1958.
While President Nixon was a big supporter of space exploration, it was President Kennedy who actually started federal funding to finance it. It could be said, Kennedy started the space race.
If you are speaking of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the space program, then neither Presidents John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson passed funding for NASA. NASA started in July 1958 with President Dwight Eisenhower passing the bill that allows funding for NASA with funding which was in June 1958.
In 1880. And its for all of the presidents.
What year? 1908 What President? William Howard Taft
No. He died before NASA was started.
The Congress and President made NASA because of the Soviets
Congress determines what NASA will do based on the budget provided each year. The agency also reports to the President of the United States by way of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President.
The Apollo program was started by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, with the goal of landing a man on the Moon and bringing him back safely to Earth before the end of the decade.
NASA was established on July 29, 1958, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
President John F. Kennedy didn't establish NASA; his predecessor, President Dwight D. Eisenhower did.