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... Co. and the Kaman Aircraft Corp. for development of helicopter modifications. ''(NYT, 6/8/64, 58)'' The USAF was reported pushing the development of a new material which offered promise of ... years longer than the time scale for the Mercury spacecraft, two years longer than the B-58 bomber and one year longer than the X-15 ." ''(Houston Post, 6/7/64)'' Dr ...

... PM EDT (apogee, 442 mi.; perigee, 425 mi.; period, 98.7 min.; inclination, ranging between 58.3° north and south latitude). Orbit was believed too low for satellite's 9,120 ... national undertaking.” Three fliers were credited with breaking two Soviet world records by flying their B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber to 85,360-ft. altitude with cargo of 11,023 lbs., Don ...

... McNamara announced plans to phase out all 80 U.S. B-58 bombers and 345-350 of the Nation's 600 B-52 bombers by 1971. Action was part of his program to ... of $410 million, In ordering the bomber phase-out, McNamara said certain bases from which B-52 operations were being removed were being retained "for a new mission which will be ...

... after launch, never functioned again. About the same time as the lunar impact, the Agena B 2nd stage passed to the right of the moon and went into orbit around the ... Scout did not attain orbit. USAF was awarded the Bendix Trophy for its record-breaking B-58 transcontinental flight in two hours and 56.8 seconds at average speed of 1,214 ...

... and engineering data had been obtained. ''(Krasnaya Zvezda, 8/2/64, ATSS-T Trans.)'' Clifford B. Harmon Trust announced that Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper , Jr. (Maj., USAF), would receive the Harmon ... solo transpacific flight and Lt. Col. Fitzhugh Fulton (USAF) for 11,000-lb. payload of B-58 to 85,318-ft. altitude. The Harmon awards for 1963 and 1964 would be presented ...

... $82 million was added for development of a new manned bomber to replace the B-52 and B-58, no longer in production. ''(Raymond, NYT, 3/31/65)'' NASA Administrator James E. Webb ...

... future space flight developments for the exploration and exploitation of space," LeRoy E. Day and B. G. Noblitt of Space Shuttle Task Group, NASA OMSF, said in paper presented at IEEE ... that is not practical with conventional expendable launch systems." ''(Text)'' DOD announced it would scrap B-58 supersonic bomber and cut back continental air defenses in economy drive necessitated by congressional reductions ...

USAF B-58 Hustler flown from Carswell Air Force Base, Tex., to Le Bourget, Paris, in record 6 ... Aerospace Sciences as cosponsors. May 26–June 4: Freedom 7 , Mercury spacecraft in which Alan B. Shepard , Jr., made his space flight on May 5, was a major drawing card at ...

... launch facility at the Pacific Missile Range to be used for all NASA Thor-Agena B launches requiring a polar orbit (e.g. Echo II ). The basic Thor pad structure is ... capsule test at Edwards AFB , Chief W/O Edward J. Murray (USAF) was ejected from B-58 flying at 565 mph and capsule parachuted to earth successfully. February 1962 February Feb 1 ...

... the Office of Science and Technology in the Executive Office of the President. Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner was appointed Director, retaining duties of the special assistant to the President for science ... certain functions transferred from the National Science Foundation. Chimpanzee "Zena" ejected in capsule from USAF B-58 flying at 1,060 mph. at 45,000 feet in escape capsule test, over Edwards ...

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