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NASA Is Born

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ACT
The National Aeronautics and Space Act, signed on July 29, 1958, is the legal foundation NASA still stands on today.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ASTRONAUT
NASA coined its own term for space travelers: 'astronaut,' from Greek roots meaning 'star sailor.'Find this word in the grid to read its note.
COSMOS
The Space Act charged the new agency with exploring the cosmos for peaceful purposes, a phrase that echoed through the Cold War era.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
RESEARCH
NASA absorbed the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which had been conducting aviation research since 1915.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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NASA Is Born: a free large-print word search

Free large-print word search celebrating July 29, 1958, when Eisenhower signed the Space Act and lit the fuse on America's journey to the stars.

About NASA Is Born

On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law, officially bringing NASA into existence and charging it with the peaceful exploration of the cosmos. The agency inherited engineers, facilities, and ambitions from its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and within months was already planning the missions that would define a generation. From that single stroke of a pen, the dream of orbit, of astronauts riding rockets beyond the blue horizon, became the official business of the United States.

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