Selected Documents, 1953-1962.

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Selected Documents, 1953-1962.

Includes copies of reports and other official documents donated by various NASA officials. Topics: Technological data on satellites and their scientific, military, and psychological value; the Soviet Union's capacity for satellite production; recommendations for creation of a top level committee on satellites; NASA long-range planning; and OCB Working Group deliberation on the satellite program.

-1 linear ft. (400 pages).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8296561

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....