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First measurements of the terrestrial magnetic fields in the auroral zone, made by L. Cahill and James A. Van Allen in firing of SUI Rockoon No. 59.

Paul E. Bikle established world glider speed record of 66.02 mph over 300 km triangular course, in a Schweizer SGS 123E sailplane, from El Mirage, Calif.

STRATOSCOPE I, an unmanned balloon-telescope system, launched by General Mills under Navy contract for Princeton University astronomers, which produced first "clear" photos of the sun from 80,000 feet using a 12-inch telescope. August 19-26: Airborne for 32 hours in MAN HIGH II flight, Maj. David G. Simons , USAF, established a manned-balloon altitude record of 101,516 feet, ascending at ...

Soviet Union successfnlly launched a "super long-distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket . . . a few days ago," according to Tass, Soviet News Agency.

Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1958, appropriated $34,200,000 for the U.S. scientific satellite "to be derived by transfer from such annual appropriations available to the Department of Defense as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, to remain available until expended."

Aerobee upper air research rocket developed by the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins, and first fired on September 25, 1947, completed 165 successful firings to date. International Geophysical Year began. The scientists of 67 nations were to participate in a cooperative, worldwide scientific program which would last for 18 months and would be coordinated internationally by ...

World War I high-altitude bombsight mounted on a gyrostabilized base tested by Navy Torpedo Squadron at Yorktown, Va., marking completion of first phase of Carl L. Norden's development of a bombsight for BuOrd.

Naval Air Detail, under Lt. Comdr. R. E. Byrd, began aerial exploration of 30,000-square-mile area near Etah, North Greenland, with three Loening amphibians, as part of the MacMillan expedition. Curtiss Condor, first of new series of night bombers, made first flight at Garden City, Long Island.

Fire damaged interior of variable-density wind tunnel at Langley Laboratory, which when reconstructed was used in conjunction with jet-type wind tunnel produced airflow in 12-inch chamber in excess of 800 mph.

President Roosevelt prohibited export of aviation fuel outside of the Western Hemisphere, except to Britain and countries resisting aggression, an act aimed at Japan which normally imported large quantities from the United States. NDL was requested to develop radar guidance equipment for assault drones, both to relay target information to a control operator and to serve as an automatic homing ...

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