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16.09.1969 George M. Low, kierownik Biura Programu Statków Kosmicznych Apollo (ASPO - Apollo Spacecraft Program Office), został trzecią osobą pełniącą obowiązki administratora NASA po rezygnacji Toma Paine'a.
Stanowisko to oficjalnie piastował do 03.12.1969.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-low-named-acting-nasa-administrator
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4223/ch13.htm
https://history.nasa.gov/Biographies/low.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Low
https://nasa.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Administrators_and_Deputy_Administrators_of_NASA

George M. Low, Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office (ASPO) became the 3rd Acting Administrator of NASA OTD in 1969, upon the resignation of Tom Paine. It is a position he officially held from 16 September -  3 December 1969 when he became NASA's 4th Deputy Director.

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01.10.1958 początek działalności NASA, która oficjalnie zastępuje NACA.
O roli U.S. Navy (marynarki wojennej) w programach NASA:
https://twitter.com/USNHistory/status/1715405421505105979

#DYK that 2023 marks the 65th anniversary of @NASA? Take a walk through the NASA's history with the Navy through #NavyArt here in the video below, and read more about the role of the U.S. Navy in space exploration here: https://history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/navy-and-space-exploration.html

https://x.com/USNHistory/status/1715405421505105979

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Un Jour - Un Objet Spatial
(n° 00127 / 1er octobre 2018)
60 ans de la NASA oblige ! 😉
Carton invitation Remise Congressional Space Medal of Honor 1er octobre 1978 au Kennedy Space Center
http://souvenirsdespace.lebonforum.com/t1575p125-un-jour-un-objet-spatial#4656

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1708372422356005192

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We're celebrating NASA’s 65th orbit around the Sun!
We’ve seen a lot since we opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958, and there are so many more inspiring discoveries and benefits for humanity yet to come.

https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/1708852001692385414
https://www.nasa.gov/history/65-years-ago-nasa-begins-operations/


2) 16.11.1963 prezydent John F. Kennedy odwiedził Launch Operations Center na 6 dni przed zamachem na swoje życie.

60 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy visited NASA's Launch Operations Center in Florida 6 days before his assassination.
It would be renamed in his honor less than 2 weeks later. @NASAKennedy

https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1725223462715691111

40 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy, who set the U.S. on its path to the Moon, made his last visit to NASA’s launch facility at Cape Canaveral, which was renamed Kennedy Space Center in his honor following his death.

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1725282555979514116

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28.11.1963: 6 dni po zabójstwie prezydenta Johna F. Kennedy'ego, Lyndon Johnson ogłosił, że Launch Operations Center NASA zostanie przemianowane na Centrum Kosmiczne im. Johna F. Kennedy'ego na cześć zmarłego prezydenta.
https://www.nasa.gov/kennedy/kennedy-space-center-history/

60 years ago today, just 6 days after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Johnson announced that NASA's Launch Operations Center would be renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center in honor of the late president.
Revisit @NASAKennedy's past 👇

https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/1729553241908592892

29 novembre 1963
Il y a 60 ans, le NASA Launch Operation Center situé à Cape Canaveral en Floride prend officiellement le nom de Kennedy Space Center (Executive Order 11129 du Président Lyndon B. Johnson).

https://xs.com/spacemen1969/status/1729759598146634008

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01.07.1970 Neil Armstrong został zaprzysiężony na stanowisko zastępcy administratora ds. lotnictwa w siedzibie NASA.
Armstrong był odpowiedzialny za zarządzanie wszystkimi głównymi badaniami związanymi z lotnictwem dla agencji. Piastował to stanowisko do 08.1971, kiedy to zrezygnował, aby zostać profesorem inżynierii lotniczej na University of Cincinnati.
https://phys.org/news/2012-08-hero-astronaut-armstrong-moonwalk-job.html
https://twitter.com/ArmstrongSpace/status/1807795580929732686

JUL 1: #OnThisDay in 1970, Neil Armstrong was sworn in as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA Headquarters.
Armstrong was responsible for managing  all major research related to aeronautics for the agency. Armstrong held this position for about a year.

Armstrong Leads With Left
July 2, 1970

WASHINGTON, July 1 (AP) —Neil A. Armstrong, the first man on the moon, started to take an oath of office today With his wrong hand on the Bible. Dr. Thomas O. Paine, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, swore him in as NASA's deputy associate administrator for aeronautics. “Put your right hand on the Bible,” Dr. Paine, said. Mr. Armstrong obeyed and raised his left hand. Dr., Paine quickly corrected his instructions amid laughter.
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/02/archives/armstrong-leads-with-left.html

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17.09.1962 NASA ogłosiła skład 2. grupy astronautów.
Z tej grupy żyje już tylko James Arthur 'Shaky' Lovell, Jr..
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/60-years-ago-nasa-selects-a-second-group-of-astronauts
https://texasarchive.org/2016_04081
https://www.spaceline.org/united-states-manned-space-flight/us-astronaut-selection-drafts-and-qualifications/nasa-group-2-pilot-astronauts/

SEPT 17: #OnThisDay in 1962, @NASA officially announced the second group of American astronauts, collectively known as the New Nine.
The astronauts included Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, Jim Lovell, Jim McDivitt, Elliot See, Tom Stafford, Ed White, and John Young.

https://twitter.com/ArmstrongSpace/status/1836030011054100989

Neil Armstrong was officially announced as an astronaut today in 1962. On that very same day, his parents appeared on the game show "I've Got A Secret." 👀 #Apollo11

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1703529277772177567
2023 https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/1703257473048555908

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James Beggs, 94, Is Dead; NASA Chief Championed Space Shuttle
By Sam Roberts April 28, 2020

25.02.1986 Administrator NASA James M. Beggs (1926-2020) formalnie zrezygnował .
W 07.1981, po zakończeniu kariery biznesowej, został szóstym administratorem agencji.
W l. 1968-1969 pełnił funkcję zastępcy administratora w Biurze Zaawansowanych Badań i Technologii.

NASA's Administrator James M. Beggs (1926-2020) formally resigns OTD 1986. In July 1981, after a business career, he became the agency's 6th Administrator. (1968-69) Previously served as Associate Administrator at the Office of Advanced Research & Technology.

https://x.com/aisoffice/status/1894344846006972479

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01.01.1976 Nowy Rok był witany przez JPL w vikingowej aranżacji.

NASA History 6 godz.
Cheers to new frontiers in 2026! 🎇
50 years ago today, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory rang in the new year with a float in the Rose Bowl Parade celebrating the Viking Project's search for life on Mars.

On Jan 1, 1976, viewers watched from the side of the street as a flower-covered float featuring the Viking orbiter and a full-scale model of the Viking lander drove by as part of the Rose Bowl Parade. “The Search for Life” float was sponsored by The Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West, and designed in cooperation with NASA.

The landing of Viking 1 was planned for July 4th of that year, the United States Bicentennial, but ultimately took place on July 20, 1976, the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The Viking I lander was the first completely successful Mars landing mission.

Happy New Year to all our favorite lifeforms near and far!

facebook.com/NASAHistoryOffice/posts/cheers-to-new-frontiers-in-2026-50-years-ago-today-nasa-jet-propulsion-laborator

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08.01.1976 NASA ogłosiła, że Flight Research Center w Edwards zostało przemianowane na Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center, aby upamiętnić pierwszego Deputy Administrator NASA.
Oficjalna ceremonia miało miejsce w 03.1976.
W latach 1947-1958 Dryden kierował NACA.

Astro Info Service @aisoffice 8:22 PM · Jan 8, 2026
NASA announced OTD 1976 that the Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif was renamed the Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center in memory of the first Deputy Administrator of NASA. The formal dedication occured in March 1976. Between 1947-1958 Dryden (1898-1965) had directed NACA

https://x.com/aisoffice/status/2009345068801642518

Hugh Latimer Dryden (02.07.1898–02.12.1965)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Latimer_Dryden
https://www.nasa.gov/people/hugh-l-dryden/

Dryden played a critical role in nurturing flight research that has largely defined NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. The center was named in his honor in 1976, and then was subsequently renamed in honor of Neil Armstrong in 2014, at which time, the Western Aeronautical Test Range was renamed the Dryden Aeronautical Test Range. (...)

Dryden helped shape policy that led to development of the high-speed research program and its record-setting X-15 rocket aircraft. His leadership was evident in establishing vertical- and short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft programs, and he sought solutions to the problem of atmospheric re-entry for piloted spacecraft and ballistic missiles. (...)

https://www.nasa.gov/people/dr-hugh-l-dryden/
https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/829197/nasa-celebrates-new-name-for-flight-research-center/