 In November 1944 the Army transferred Huston to the Civilian Reserve Corps at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, where he worked as an aeronautical research scientist for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.Following his discharge he accepted a civil service position with NACA at Langley.On July 29, 1958, NACA became reconstituted as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with Project Mercury initially at Langley.