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Saturn Project initiated by Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA order to Army Ordnance Missile Command, and it was assigned to Redstone Arsenal . Dr. T. Keith Glennan confirmed by the Senate as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Federal Aviation Agency created with passage by Congress of the Federal Aviation Act. The Advanced Research Projects ...

USAF Thor-Able -1 launch vehicle with first U.S.- International Geophysical year IGY lunar payload exploded 77 seconds after launch because of a failure of first-stage engine.

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics held its final meeting, and invited Dr. T. Keith Glennan , newly appointed Administrator of NASA, to receive best wishes for the future.

EXPLORER V successfully launched by ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C and all stages fired, but orbit not achieved because of collision between parts of booster aud instrument compartment.

Gen. Thomas D. White, USAF, wrote James H. Doolittle, Chairman, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA : "There was regret at the passing of an agency that for 43 years has set the world's standard in aeronautical research. . . . There has always been for us in the Air Force, the knowledge that National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA was ready to help in any aerodynamic ...

The first Project Argus Argus experiment ( Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA )) was conducted (based upon October 1957 proposal of N. C. Christofilos of the University of California, Livermore), in which a small A-bomb was detonated beyond the atmosphere over the South Atlantic. Launched from the rocketship Norton Sound, the initial flash was followed by an auroral luminescence ...

Second full-powered flight of USAF Atlas missile Atlas ICBM traveled 3,000 miles with radio-inertial guidance.

The second Project Argus Argus small A-bomb detonation beyond the atmosphere was conducted in the South Atlantic.

White Sands Proving Ground announced missile range firing record: 2,000 "hot" firings in 1 year. First Titan test launch exploded on the pad at Cape Canaveral . New voice and teletype messages were received and rebroadcast on commaad by PROJECT SCORE satellite, and a series of experiments were continued in subsequent days.

In an article for the Palm Beach Post Wernher von Braun explains that his interest in rocketry was triggered by the exploits of Max Valier and Fritz von Opel and their rocket cars.

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