Search wiki using Sphinx

Jump to: navigation, search

Article in the New York Herald Tribune by David Lasser , president of the American Interplanetary Society , describes "new" idea by Hermann Oberth to place a satellite in low earth orbit as an observatory.

Nathaniel Schachner delivers lecture to the American Interplanetary Society in New York, "Can Human Life Exist on Other Planets?"

First experimental pressurized-cabin airplane, a Lockheed XC-35, made first flight at Wright Field.

Bell X-2 (No. 2) flown on its first glide flight by Lt. Col. Frank K. Everest (USAF), at Edwards AFB .

Media:88-08-05.pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)

The Daily Dispatch newspaper in Liverpool England explains why the 1875 Explosives Act will prohibit Britain ever launching rockets into space. It quotes Philip E. Cleator , founder of the British Interplanetary Society who says he has recently been visited by James H. Wild of the American Interplanetary Society .

''RELEASE: 10-153'' ''LOFTS IN SPACE: NASA CHALLENGES COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DESIGN INFLATABLE SPACE HABITATS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA is challenging college students to design concepts for inflatable habitat lofts for the next generation of space explorers. The winning concepts may be applied to the exploration habitats of the future. The X-Hab Academic Innovation Competition is a university-level ...

''RELEASE 16-083'' '''NASA Charges Toward Greener Aviation With Novel Concepts''' NASA has selected five green technology concepts that have the potential to transform the aviation industry in the next decade by reducing aircraft fuel use and emissions. The concepts were selected under NASA’s Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program for a two-year study. The topics, including three ...

... Aug 4 1930 4 Aug 5 1930 5 Aug 6 1930 6 Aug 7 1930 7 Aug 8 1930 8 Aug 9 1930 9 Aug 10 1930 10 Aug 11 1930 11 Aug 12 1930 12 Aug 13 1930 13 Aug 14 1930 14 Aug 15 1930 15 Aug 16 1930 16 Aug 17 1930 17 Aug 18 1930 18 Aug 19 1930 19 Aug 20 1930 20 Aug ...

... religion see Aug. 6). ''(AP, W Post, 8/16/69, A3)'' Agnew E. Larsen, space research consultant with Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa." died at age 73. He had received 1930 Robert J ... August Aug 1 1969 1 Aug 2 1969 2 Aug 3 1969 3 Aug 4 1969 4 Aug 5 1969 5 Aug 6 1969 6 Aug 7 1969 7 Aug 8 1969 8 Aug 9 1969 9 Aug 10 1969 10 Aug 11 1969 11 Aug 12 1969 12 Aug 13 1969 13 Aug 14 1969 14 Aug 15 ...

Powered by Sphinx