On Oct. 1, 1958, NASA, the newly established agency to lead America’s civilian space program, officially began operations, with T. Keith Glennan and Hugh L.
In 1959, tensions ran high at Mayo Clinic's Aero Medical Laboratory as they conducted a high-stakes experiment on the physiological effects of G-forces in preparation for the space race.
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