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... . ''RELEASE: 11-282 NASA EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITE ARRIVES IN CALIFORNIA FOR LAUNCH'' WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Aug. 30, NASA's next Earth-observing research satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in ... satellites by monitoring changes occurring in the atmosphere, oceans, vegetation, ice and solid Earth. On Aug. 28, NPP was placed in a shipping container and loaded on a transport truck at ...

Media:1945-08-31_V4I34LARC1945.pdf Langley Air Scoop August 31 1945

... ,000 to 13,000 passengers transit the area daily. The exhibit, on display until March 31, 2011, features 46 backlit photographic images displayed in light boxes. "This vista will not only ...

AFBMD announced development of a complete inertial guidance system to replace radio inertial system now in use. H. Rept. 2351, Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, “Construction and Equipment Authorization for National Aeronautics and Space Administration,” published to accompany H.R. 13619.

First full-powered flight of USAF Atlas missile Atlas ICBM using both the sustainer and booster engines.

Rocketdyne Division of North American announced an Air Force contract for a 1-million-pound thrust engine.

First launching of USAF Bomarc interceptor missile from Cape Canaveral on a signal sent by the SAGE Control Center at Kingston, N.Y.

Nominations of Dr. T. Keith Glennan and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden were approved by the Senate Special Committee on Space and Astronautics.

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.

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