When was NASA founded?
195820th century · 1900s
NASA is founded.
Months after the Soviet Sputnik launch.
1958
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Around the same time
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- When was the Interstate Highway System approved?1956
- When was bubble wrap invented?1957
- When was Sputnik, the first satellite, launched?1957
- When was The Cat in the Hat published?1957
- When did the hula hoop craze sweep America?1958
- When was Barbie launched?1959
- When did Alaska and Hawaii become states?1959
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