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... . T. Keith Glennan signed proclamation declaring that "as of the close of business September 30, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been organized and is prepared to discharge the ... Federal Register, this proclamation instituted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as of October 1, 1958. First launching of an Exos sounding rocket in USAF-NASA joint effort from Wallops Island ...

... the USAF Historical Division Liaison Office, "Chronology of Early USAF Man-in-Space Activity, 1945-1958" (U.S. Air Force, 1965). unpublished, pp. 21-22.''

... . ''NASA Special Committee on Space Technology, "Recommendations Regarding a National Civil Space Program," October 28, 1958, pp. 1-2.''

... HOLE STUDIES'' --WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 27, to announce black hole observations from its newest X-ray telescope, the Nuclear Spectroscopic ... PROBES RESULTS'' --WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 28, to discuss new observations from NASA's twin Van Allen Probes, which are studying ...

... Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, at 1:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 29, to discuss with media NASA’s advanced aeronautic concepts. They’ll also make an ...

Media:83-02-25.pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)

Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin in a letter to President Eisenhower stated that the Soviet Union "is ready to examine also the question of the intercontinental rockets if the Western powers are willing to reach agreement to ban atomic and hydrogen weapons, to end tests thereof, and to liquidate foreign military bases In other nations' terrltories. In that case, an agreement on the use of outer ...

President Eisenhower directed James R. Killian, Jr., to head a committee to study and make recommendations on the governmental organization of the Nation's space and missile program.

The Senate passed S. Res. 256, creating a Special Committee on Space and Astronautics to frame legislation for a national program of space exploration and development.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was established by the DOD, and Roy W. Johnson, a vice president of General Electric Co., was appointed by Secretary of Defense McElroy as its Director. ARPA was placed in charge of the Nation's outer space program. To further the national space effort pending a decision as to permanent organization, the Secretary of Defense created the Advanced ...

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