442K views · 4.7K reactions | As we approach the #NASA60th anniversary on October 1, let's look back at how it all began -- with the passage of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 and the absorbing of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics into what became NASA, which by 1958 had already begun sending pilots to the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Watch & learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/2mNbHvP. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

America launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, #OTD in 1958, a mere four months after the Soviets launched Sputnik. But what if the Navy's December 1957 launch of Vanguard had been successful? Would NASA have been created? Travel back to the 1950s with this Explorer 1 documentary on NASA ▶️ https://go.nasa.gov/4hcf5Kk | NASA History

Live HD Earth viewing from the International Space Station! Go full screen, sit back, watch and enjoy our home planet. Live views: http://go.nasa.gov/2oBrDS2 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

1.1M views · 15K reactions |  Welcome to the International Space...