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Establishment of NASA

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law, officially establishing NASA. Surrounded by lawmakers, scientists, and staff in the Oval Office, the moment marks

Year 1958
Date 7/29
Location Oval Office, Washington D.c., United States
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

Dwight D. Eisenhower Senator Johnson Dr. Wernher von Braun White House Aide Press Photographer
Time Travel

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1987 · same location
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1986 · same location
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George W. Bush's Announcement of the Commencement of the Iraq War
2003 · same location
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George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on the Columbia Disaster
2003 · same location
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Ronald Reagan's Challenger Address
1986 · same location
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Ronald Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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Ronald Reagan's Challenger Disaster Address
1986 · same location
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Ronald Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
Ronald Reagan's Iran-Contra Address to the Nation
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1987 · same location
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
1956 · follows
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Shannon Publishes "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"
1948 · same era
Shannon Publishes "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"
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1948 · follows
Apollo 1 Fire
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same era
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Apollo 7 Launch
1968 · same era
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First Silicon Transistor Demonstration
1954 · same era
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Completion of TRADIC, the First Transistor Computer
1954 · same era
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Invention of the planar process by Jean Hoerni
1959 · same era
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Publication of Moore's Law by Gordon Moore
1965 · same era
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First integrated circuit
1958 · same era
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same era
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Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
1955 · same era
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Publication of Claude Shannon's 'A Mathematical Theory of Communication'
1948 · same era
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Founding of Intel
1968 · same era
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Apollo 1 Cabin Fire
1967 · same era
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same era
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same era
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Outer Space Treaty Signing
1967 · same era
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Apollo 6 Launch
1968 · same era
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Friendship 7 Launch
1962 · same era
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Mother of All Demos
1968 · same era
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same era
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same era
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same era
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Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence
1956 · same era
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
1956 · same era