On Oct. 1, 1958, NASA was born! The space agency officially opened for business on this day. Space History Archives👉https://space-com.visitlink.me/Abise- President Eisenhower had signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law two months earlier in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik. The U.S. didn't want to get left behind in the space race, so Congress created NASA as an organized effort to advance space research and technology. NASA absorbed the National Advisory Committe