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NASA Founded
NASA was established on July 29, 1958. This page shows a readable time-since clock for the agency's founding date.
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- Date certainty: exact.
- Date maintenance: Fixed date.
- Time policy: local.
Quick facts
- NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- The agency was established in 1958.
- NASA's creation followed a major expansion of U.S. space and aeronautics work.