GOOD NEWS IN HISTORY, JULY 29

On this day in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created. The US Congress was spurred to create the federal agency by the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the first orbital satellite.

Good News Network reports that on this day in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created.

The report adds: The US Congress was spurred to create the federal agency by the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the first orbital satellite.

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