Dec 3 1958

From The Space Library

President transferred the functions and facilities of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., from the Army to NASA. JPL built, designed, and tested upper stages, payloads, and tracking systems for the first IGY Explorer satellites.

NASA and the Army reached an agreement whereby ABMA and its subordinate organizations at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., would be responsive to NASA requirements.

DOD announced details of Project Discoverer, series of polar orbiting satellites.