NASA Turns 60: Reflecting on The Space Agency’s Accomplishments And Tragedies

On the 60th anniversary of NASA, we learn how the space agency’s accomplishments resonate today and learn about its predecessor, NACA. It was on Oct. 1, 1958 when the space agency officially began operations after President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation that launched NASA—the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In the audio above, he tells Houston Matters producer Maggie Martin how the space agency's accomplishments resonate today in 2018. And before there was NASA, there was NACA, the space agency's predecessor. NACA was responsible for a number of innovations in aerospace, and much of that work happened right here in Houston.