Apr 27 1959
From The Space Library
Meeting of DOD working group on Project Mercury search and recovery operations was held at Patrick Air Force Base, with major emphasis placed on the first two ballistic Atlas shots, and command relationships.
The 1958 Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the 44th and final report of NACA established in 1915, was submitted to Congress by the President. It contained historical sections by Jerome C. Hunsaker and James H. Doolittle.
DX priority (highest national priority) assigned to Project Mercury.
