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Navy Kaman K-225, modified as the first gas-turbine, shaft-powered helicopter, successfully completed flight test.

USAF announced Atlas ICBM under construction by Convair .

Two Thor shots, one from Cape Canaveral and one from Vandenberg AFB , were successful. Intermediate range ballistic missile portion of PMR was inaugurated with successful tiring of USAF Thor from Vandenberg AFB . MATS C-133 Cargomaster lifted 117,900 pounds of cargo to 10,000 feet, a weight-lifting record, at Dover AFB, Del.

Transmitters of VANGUARD III , launched on September 18, became silent after providing tracking signals and scientific data for 85 days. Satellite was expected to remain in orbit 40 years.

Arthur Charles Clarke is born in Minehead Somerset England. Clarke would later become famous for having first suggested geosynchronous orbits for satellites. He also wrote science fiction, notably 2001: A Space Odyssey and was an early President of the British Interplanetary Society .

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''NASA Reaffirms Agency Scientific Integrity Policy'' WASHINGTON -- NASA has reaffirmed its commitment to science with the release of a new framework on scientific integrity. The framework summarizes the agency's policies and practices that strengthen and uphold scientific integrity. This represents the first time NASA has codified these policies under the umbrella of scientific integrity. " ...

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