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Lockheed X-17 research rocket reached 9,000 mph at Patrick,AFB , Fla.

Aerobee-Hi No. 41 fired at White Sands reached speed of 4,900 mph and an altitude of 193 miles. Naval Aviation Medical Center at Pensacola was commissioned, combining the clinical, training, and research functions of the Naval School of Aviation Medicine and the Pensacola Naval Hospital.

USAF Atlas missile Atlas ICBM was successfully flown from Cape Canaveral , Fla., to the impact area some 600 miles away.

Media:82-04-05.pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)

Arthur C. Clarke and A. Janser debate in front of the BIS membership in London. The point in question, "Space Conquest Can be Made to Pay." Edward John Carnell who chaired the debate stated that no one had considered the possibility of revenue from passengers. The conclusion of the debate was that space flight could not be made to pay for an individual but could successfully earn ...

''CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-016 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH CONTRACT FOR GOES-R AND GOES-S MISSIONS'' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected United Launch Services, LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R and S, or GOES-R and GOES-S. The spacecraft will launch in October 2015 and February 2017, respectively, aboard Atlas V 541 rockets from Space Launch ...

''RELEASE: 13-088 - NASA SELECTS EXPLORER INVESTIGATIONS FOR FORMULATION'' --WASHINGTON -- NASA's Astrophysics Explorer Program has selected two missions for launch in 2017: a planet-hunting satellite and an International Space Station instrument to observe X-rays from stars. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) were among four ...

Informal meeting of the British Interplanetary Society at the Red Bull pub in London, Arthur C. Clarke is in attendance.

''MEDIA ADVISORY M18-056'' '''Frostburg State Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut in Space''' Frostburg State University, in collaboration with its sister institutions in Frostburg, Maryland, will speak with NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold who is living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 9:55 a.m. EDT Monday, April 9. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air ...

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