Who was the president of the U.S when NASA began?

Answer 1

President Ronald Reagan.

Depending on what you consider the first flight, the answer is either Ronald Reagan (President January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989) or Jimmy Carter (President January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981).

Date

Orbiter

Major event

02/18/1977

Enterprise

First flight; Attached to Enterprise Shuttle Carrier Aircraft throughout flight.

08/12/1977

Enterprise

First free flight; Tailcone on; lakebed landing

10/12/1977

Enterprise

Third free flight; First with no tailcone; lakebed landing

10/26/1977

Enterprise

Final Enterprise free flight; First landing on Edwards AFB concrete runway.

04/12/1981

Columbia

First Columbia flight, first orbital test flight; STS-1

Enterprise never flew in space but it did fly in the atmosphere. If you consider Enterprise to count as one of the space shuttles, then the first flight was in 1977 under Carter. If you only count the flights that launched into space, then Columbia was the first flight and occurred in 1981 under Reagan.

Answer 2

There was never a president in space.They are only well known for taking chances with other peoples lives. Maybe we should send all the politicians to the International Space Station, and just have WikiAnswers Supervisors running the World. No US President- or indeed, ANY world leader- has ever gone into space- it would be seen as much too risky, especially for an untrained person! However, Senator John Glenn (who was the USA's first man in space in '62) returned itno orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery late in 1998, whilst still a serving Congressman.

Answer 3

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program began in 1958. The President of the United States in 1958, upon NASA's inception, was Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, serving in office from January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961.

Answer 4

The president in office when the first American was put into space was John F. Kennedy. He also dedicated the space program to put someone on the moon before 1970.

Answer 5

John Kennedy was the President on May 5, 1961 when astronaut Alan Shepherd became the first American in space when Mercury 3 was launched into a sub-orbital flight.