OTD In Space – June 26: Research Station Moves To New Base
On June 26, 1954, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics – basically pre-1958 NASA – moved their headquarters to a brand new facility at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
More than 200 employees moved to what they called the High-Speed Flight Station. Before the big move, they were cramped inside a small hanger in Edwards' South Base. But the new location provided a fully functional research facility where a lot of early rocket tests went down. And it housed the X-1 program that created the first supersonic jets.
More than 200 employees moved to what they called the High-Speed Flight Station. Before the big move, they were cramped inside a small hanger in Edwards' South Base. But the new location provided a fully functional research facility where a lot of early rocket tests went down. And it housed the X-1 program that created the first supersonic jets.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 1954, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or basically pre-1958 NASA,
00:09moved their headquarters to a brand new facility at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
00:14More than 200 employees moved to what they called the High-Speed Flight Station.
00:18Before the big move, they were cramped inside a small hangar in Edwards South Base.
00:22But the new location provided a fully functional research facility where a lot of early rocket tests went down.
00:28And it housed the X-1 program that created the first supersonic jets.
00:32And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:35Music.