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''The Time Express'' a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Hugo Gernsback 's Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine. ''The Wreck of the Asteroid'' by co-founder Laurence E. Manning appears in the same issue.

''The Doom of Lun-Dang'' a science fiction story by William Lemkin , co-founder of the American Interplanetary Society , is published in Hugo Gernsback 's Amazing Stories magazine. “Observing a Total Eclipse of the Sun” article appears in National Geographic Magazine

M. N. Tukhachevsky, deputy commissar for Army and Navy affairs in the Soviet Union reports to the Soviet defense commission that, in light of recent developments in reaction engines, a Reaction Propulsion Institute should be established.

The Central Council of the Osoaviakhim issues an order setting up a base for the MosGIRD for the development of rockets and rocket engines.

German rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth is granted Media:549222.pdf German rocket patent 549222 .

Pravda runs an article "Soviet Amendments to Jules Verne - The Storming of the Stratosphere". The article talks about the work being done by GIRD and the Osoaviakhim .

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The American Rocket Society announce their first rocket experiments to take place at Red Hook New York some time in March. G. Edward Pendray stated that the rocket would be seven feet tall and would use gasoline and liquid oxygen. ''New York Times''

H.H. Sheldon of New York University discusses the use of electronic eyes and gyroscopes for stellar navigation during space flight during a lecture to the American Interplanetary Society. ''New York Times Mar 26''

Heinrich Nebel of the Berlin Society for the Exploitation of Rocket Flying announces the imminent flight of a rocket plane with a pilot. The city fo Magdeburg provides half the funding. ''New York Times Dec 18''

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