Portal:Astronomy/Selected biography



The National Aeronautics and Space Administration began on October 1, 19581 October 1958 17 Tishrei 5719 H 18 Eitanim 6117 AM, by an act of the United States Congress to establish an American presence in outer space. Today it is the foremost among government agencies that manage space programs, and is credited with some of the most exciting and surprising astronomical discoveries ever made.

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