
07/29/2025
🛰️ This Day in History: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration is Founded
📆 July 29, 1958 – A giant leap began with the stroke of a pen.
On this day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, launching what would become the most iconic space agency in history: NASA.
From Mercury missions to moonwalks, rovers on Mars to the James Webb Telescope, NASA has turned science fiction into global fascination. And through it all, the lens of editorial photography has captured every launch, every leap, every look skyward.