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On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the Founding Act of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the NASA (acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration ), which did not begin to run until October of that year with four laboratories and about 8000 employees.
From the beginning, the purpose of the new branch was beyond space ships and moon boots. The law stipulated that both research and developments should benefit all people and in its 50 year history,NASA has fulfilled that role.