Read the passage from "The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff ” by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson.On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) into existence. Its mission: "to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth’s atmosphere, and for other purposes.” NASA was created by an act of Congress, and it was a civilian entity rather than another branch of the military because Eisenhower wanted to ensure that the space agency pursued a scientific endeavor.
Answer
A
a student’s research paper about NASA history shared on her blog
B
an article from last week’s The New York Times about the development of NASA
C
a wiki created by people who have visited NASA with details of their experiences
D
a scientific company’s advertisement about products developed by NASA