NASA is formed

• NACA Langley lab (Virginia) - Balloon satellites, Scout, Mercury, and aeronautical research

• NACA Ames lab (San Francisco) - aeronautical research

• NACA Lewis lab (Cleveland) - engines

• NRL Vanguard group -moves to new “Beltsville Space Center”, later called Goddard

• Army ABMA group (Huntsville) - becomes NASA-Marshall in 1960

• Army contract with JPL goes to NASA

• Small group at Canaveral later becomes KSC; Houston develops in mid-1960s