NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)
The committee Congress set up on March 3, 1915, to “supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight.” Its laboratories, such as Langley, and its staff of about 8,000 became the core of NASA in 1958.
Signing the National Aeronautics and Space Act
Dwight D. Eisenhower, statement on signing the National Aeronautics and Space Act, July 29, 1958 · July 29, 1958
The present National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), with its large and competent staff and well-equipped laboratories, will provide the nucleus for the NASA. The NACA has an established record of research performance and of cooperation with the Armed Services. The combination of space exploration responsibilities with the NACA’s traditional aeronautical research functions is a natural evolution.
The present National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), with its large and competent staff and well-equipped laboratories, will provide the nucleus for the NASA. The NACA has an established record of research performance and of cooperation with the Armed Services. The combination of space exploration responsibilities with the NACA’s traditional aeronautical research functions is a natural evolution.
The enactment of the law establishing the NACA in 1915 proved a decisive step in the advancement of our civil and military aviation. The Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 should have an even greater impact on our future.
The enactment of the law establishing the NACA in 1915 proved a decisive step in the advancement of our civil and military aviation. The Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 should have an even greater impact on our future.