Volume 79
Public Law 89–5
To promote public knowledge of progress and achievement in astronautics and related sciences through the designation of a special day in honor of Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard, the father of modern rockets, missiles, and astronautics.
Approved March 12, 1965
Statutory text
AN ACT
To promote public knowledge of progress and achievement in astronautics and related sciences through the designation of a special day in honor of Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard, the father of modern rockets, missiles, and astronautics.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Congress
Dr. Robert H. Goddard day.
hereby finds that rapid advances and developments in the fields of astronautics and related sciences are having an increasing impact on the daily lives of the people, the national security, and long-range human progress. It is therefore desirable and appropriate that steps be taken to promote greater public knowledge of the progress and achievement being brought about in these fields, and for that purpose to provide for special recognition and honor to Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard, the father of modern rockets, missiles, and astronautics, and to designate and set aside a special day to honor his memory and his accomplishments.
Sec. 2.
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide for appropriate ceremonies, meetings, and other activities on March 16, 1965, said day to be known and celebrated as Goddard Day in honor of the epochal achievements in these fields by the late Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard.
The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation
Presidential proclamation.
calling upon officials of the Government and the public to participate in the ceremonies, meetings, and other activities held in observance of Goddard Day.
Approved March 12, 1965.