U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> signs into law the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Act" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Aeronautics and Space Act">National Aeronautics and Space Act</a>, which creates the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NASA">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a> (NASA).