print email comment close NASA's 50th Anniversary URL: http://www.nasa.gov/50th/ Description: This website celebrates the 50th anniversary in 2008 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which began operation in October 1958. Provides a history of this government agency, a calendar of anniversary events through October 2008, photos, press releases, publications, and links to popular NASA websites. From NASA. Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) LII Database Information: Record 25092 created by Jennifer English on 12/10/2007 Last modification on 01/02/2008 Published: 01/02/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25092