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James Forrestal Center established at Princeton University as a jet-propulsion research center. Westinghouse J-40 jet engine (7,500 pounds dry thrust) completed 150-hour Navy qualification test.

Pan American World Airways took over operations and maintenance of the Florida Missile Test Range, under AFMTC; changeover completed in March.

First of Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers placed in operational service in SAC, Castle AFB, Calif. Media:MAR-1957-01.pdf Missiles & Rockets Jan 1957

Rocketdyne demonstrated 1-million-pound-thrust liquid-propellant rocket combustion chamber at full power.

First issue of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society is published. It has only six pages, a cover, a back cover, a page on membership and a three page article by Philip Ellaby Cleator , founder of the British Interplanetary Society BIS . Cleator makes a trip to Germany where he was met and greeted by Willy Ley who took him on a tour of the Raketenflugplatz . Cleator's ...

Chamber's Journal in England runs a lengthy article by Philip Ellaby Cleator , future founder of the British Interplanetary Society BIS . In his article Cleator referenced Robert H. Goddard and the German rocket pioneers von Opal and Sanders (sic). After explaining the basic principles of rocketry and Newtonian physics he concluded, "Whether we like or dislike the idea, believe or ...

Issue 15 of the Bulletin of the American Interplanetary Society is published. It includes a report from the Soviet Union about two rockets being constructed by the Leningrad Osoaviakhim. The information was provided by Nikolai Rynin . It also states that the American Interplanetary Society 's first rocket is nearing completion. It was built by G. Edward Pendray and Hugh Franklin ...

''The Isotope Men'' a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Astounding Stories magazine.

Part 2 of ''Infra Universe'' a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Astounding Stories magazine. Practical Mechanics magazine in the UK features a cover story with banner heading "By Rocket Through Space". The article inside by editor is called "Rockets the Power of the Future" is four pages long and includes a cutaway ...

''Venus Mines Incorporated'' a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner and Arthur Zagat appears in ''Startling Stories'' magazine. Kenneth Gatland chairman of the CBAS and now co-founder of the renewed BIS continues his summary of rocket propulsion in Practical Mechanics magazine. In this issue he talks about rocket planes.

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