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This Week in NASA History: Army Ballistic Missile Agency Formally Transferred to Marshall – July 1, 1960

This week in 1960, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was officially transferred to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
This week in 1960, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was officially transferred to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

This week in 1960, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was officially transferred to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The transfer ceremony was performed in front of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency-Marshall joint headquarters, Building 4488, on Redstone Arsenal. The transfer brought with it a decade of propulsion experience developing a wide range of rockets. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)