Origins of NASA Beginning with NACA, Langley, and the Canadians
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Origins of NASA Beginning with NACA, Langley, and the Canadians
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This panel discussion covers:
- Creation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1917 to compete in aviation technologies during WWI and later in WWII.
- The "Man-in-Space" project, conceived by a small team at the Langley Research Center of NACA, to counter the perceived threat from USSR's space programs.
- The creation of NASA to manage the efforts began by NACA and the start of Project Mercury.
- NASA hiring 40 Canadian engineers from AVRO to work at Langley on Project Mercury as members of the Space Task Group.
- The Space Task Group becoming a new NASA Center in the Houston area; designated the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in the fall of 1960.
- Friendswood as home to some of the new NASA staff in 1962-1963.
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“Origins of NASA Beginning with NACA, Langley, and the Canadians,” Friendswood Historical Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, https://friendswood.omeka.net/items/show/243.