National Aeronautics and Space Act

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United States federal law space law

The National Aeronautics and Space Act is the 1958 U.S. federal law that created NASA and established the nation’s civilian space program and aerospace research framework.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958	2
An Act to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earth’s atmosphere, and for other purposes	1
Space Act of 1958	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ space law ⓘ
abbreviationOfCreatedAgency	NASA ⓘ
abbreviationOfReplacedAgency	NACA ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ
contains	declaration of national policy and purpose for aeronautics and space ⓘ organizational structure for NASA ⓘ provisions defining functions of NASA ⓘ provisions for transfer of functions from NACA to NASA ⓘ reporting requirements to the President and Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdAgency	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
effectiveDate	1958-07-29 ⓘ
emphasizes	benefit of all mankind as an objective of U.S. space activities ⓘ use of space for peaceful purposes ⓘ
enactedBy	85th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	NASA Administrator position ⓘ NASA Deputy Administrator position ⓘ framework for U.S. civilian space program ⓘ framework for aerospace research ⓘ
excludes	military space activities from NASA’s primary responsibility ⓘ
historicalContext	enacted after the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union ⓘ enacted during the Cold War space race ⓘ
jurisdiction	civilian space activities ⓘ
legislativeType	organic act for NASA ⓘ
originallyCodifiedIn	Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ
policyStatement	United States policy that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes ⓘ United States policy to cooperate with other nations in space activities ⓘ United States policy to preserve the role of the United States as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 85-568 ⓘ
purpose	to conduct aeronautical and space activities devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind ⓘ to coordinate U.S. civilian space research and exploration ⓘ to establish a civilian national aeronautics and space program ⓘ
relatedTo	United States space policy ⓘ history of NASA ⓘ
replacedAgency	NACA ⓘ surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
requires	NASA to arrange for participation of the scientific community in planning scientific measurements and observations ⓘ NASA to disseminate information concerning its activities and the results thereof ⓘ
scope	aeronautical research ⓘ space exploration ⓘ space research ⓘ technology development for aeronautics and space ⓘ
shortName	National Aeronautics and Space Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Space Act of 1958
signedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
signingDate	1958-07-29 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	72 Stat. 426 ⓘ
title	An Act to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earth’s atmosphere, and for other purposes ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	1958 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 85-568 → alsoKnownAs → National Aeronautics and Space Act ⓘ

Title 51 of the United States Code → basedOn → National Aeronautics and Space Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958

NASA → legalBasis → National Aeronautics and Space Act ⓘ

NASA Deputy Administrator position → legalFramework → National Aeronautics and Space Act ⓘ

subject surface form: NASA Deputy Administrator

National Aeronautics and Space Act → shortName → National Aeronautics and Space Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Space Act of 1958

Public Law 85-568 → shortName → National Aeronautics and Space Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958

Public Law 85-568 → title → National Aeronautics and Space Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earth’s atmosphere, and for other purposes