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[b]Space Cover #489: NASA's 60th Anniversary[/b] October 1, 2018 was the 60th anniversary of the establishment of NASA, the successor of NACA, the National Committee for Aeronautics, founded in 1915. Congress passed the National Aviation and Space Act of 1958, which transferred control of the nation's aviation and space programs from NACA to NASA. The cover and cachet at the top was canceled in 1978 for NASA's 20th anniversary and then had autographed by the first five NASA Administrators: T. Keith Glennan, James Webb, Thomas Paine, James Fletcher and Robert Frosh. Most of the autographs were obtained in 1979, with Webb's autograph applied many years later in 2006. The second cover was canceled in Washington DC and was then autographed by seven top NASA leaders with almost all the autographs applied in 1982. To accomplish this, seven separate mailings were required. Those signing: [list][*]George Mueller, Director of the Office of Manned Spaceflight, 1963-69. [*]Robert Gilruth, First Director of NASA's MSCC [*]Samuel Phillips, Director of Apollo Lunar Landing Program, 1964-69 [*]Rocco Petrone, KSC Launch Director, 1966-69 [*]George Low, Manager of Apollo Spacecraft Program after Apollo 1 [*]Brainerd Holmes, Direct NASA's Manned Spaceflight Program, 1961-63. [*]Eberhard Rees, Director NASA MSFC, 1970-73[/list] Perhaps some covers were done for other NASA anniversaries.
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