Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Higher Education
Subject
History, Flight, Historical Overviews
Type
Websites
The U.S. formed the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, in 1915 “to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution … the group was on the cutting edge of technology in the early decades of flight, before eventually being absorbed by NASA in 1958.” Read employee stories, and view the image gallery of NASA’s predecessor.
NACA History