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Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger flown to world altitude record of 76,828 feet for ground-launched planes, piloted by Cdr. George O. Watkins, at Edwards AFB .

Simulated 7-day trip to the moon made by six Navy moon in chamber at Philadelphia Naval Base. British Skylark reached an altitude of 90 miles at Woomera, Australia.

USAF Thor-Able missile was launched from Cape Canaveral in a reentry test ; flew short of its goal and the nose cone was not recovered. The nose cone carried a mouse as a biomedical experiment.

Navy rocket sled attained speed of 2,827.5 mph at China Lake, Calif.

Pravda reported on Soviet satellite findings that Laika's heartbeat had taken three times as long as expected to return to normal. Weightlessness affecting the nerve centers was suggested as the cause. The Soviet report disclosed that the density and temperature of the atmosphere at a given altitude were not uniform, and that cosmic ray intensity was 40 percent greater at 400 miles than at 135 ...

Vanguard (TV-5) failed to orbit due to malfunction of minor components in the firing circuit of third stage.

First domestic jet airline passenger service, by National Airlines between New York and Miami.

The London Times story "Avro Arrow's 1,000 MPH in Climb", reporting on the high performance of the Canadian built CF-105 interceptor.

The Second International Symposium on the Physics and Medicine of the Atmosphere And Space begins at the Hilton Hotel in San Antonio Texas.

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA recommended the organization of an Aircraft Production Board, to be appointed by the Council of National Defense. Such was created on May 18.

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