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NASA Marks Anniversary of Its 1958 Founding
Original: On this day in space! Oct. 1, 1958: Happy Birthday, NASA! A US space agency is born to explore the final frontier
NASA marks its birthday on October 1, the date in 1958 when the United States established the space agency to explore what is often called the final frontier. Space news outlets are marking the occasion with retrospectives on the agency's founding at the start of the space race and its decades of exploration since.
Why now: The anniversary of NASA's founding on October 1 prompts commemorative coverage of the agency's history.
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