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S. Rept. 1701, Special Committee on Space and Astronautics, “National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958,” published to accompany S. 3609 (later H.R. 12575).

... Space Agency astronaut For those attending in person, the deadline to request credentials is Tuesday, Dec. 16. For more information about media accreditation, contact Nicola Firth (Nicola.Firth@esa.int). Reporters ... change. The challenge was announced by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Dec. 9. According to the recent National Climate Assessment produced by more than 300 experts across ...

... Russian ISS Progress cargo craft docked to the station, also bringing tons of supplies. On Dec. 9, Lindgren led the grapple of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft to the station, the ... Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 15.

December 11-18: Twenty-four Wasp research and development chaff and parachute rockets, used to obtain wind soundings to 160,000 feet, were fired by Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility at White Sands Proving Ground WSPG .

... lunar neighbor. Aldrin was the second person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Whitson spoke to the president from space in April aboard the International Space Station ...

By Executive Order, President Dwight D. Eisenhower transferred the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL ), a government-owned facility staffed and operated by the California Institute of Technology, from Army to NASA jurisdiction. The new Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL radio telescope at Camp Irwin, Calif., called the Goldstone Tracking Facility , was capable of ...

The third US-IGY space probe - the second under direction of NASA and with the Army as executive agent-was launched at 12:45 a.m., from AMR by Juno II rocket. The primary mission of PIONEER III , to place the scientific payload in the vicinity of the moon, was not accomplished although an altitude of 63,580 miles was achieved and it discovered that radiation belt was comprised of at least ...

The first meeting of the new NASA Inventions and Contributions Board was held to evaluate scientific or technical contributions and to recommend monetary awards.

First domestic jet airline passenger service, by National Airlines between New York and Miami.

December 12-16: SMALL WORLD balloon with four passengers failed in transatlantic attempt, lifting from Canary Islands and landing at sea northeast of Barbados.

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