NASA – A Mystery since the beginning

NASA was formed in 1958. Responding to the successful launch of the Soviet space satellite Sputnik, President Dwight Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, officially establishing NASA. ” NASA was formed in 1958 partly out of a previously existing government agency called NACA that just dealt with aeronautics and then with the early space program that was being developed by the army and the air force.