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... crashed at Edwards AFB . He had been. scheduled to test-fly the X-15 . July 26-27: Comdrs. M. Ross and L. Lewis (USN) reached maximum altitude of 82,000 feet ...

Media:1949-01-26_V4I4LARC1945.pdf Langley Air Scoop January 26 1945

January 26-27: Symposium on "The Scientific Uses of Earth Satellites" held at the University of Michigan under sponsorship of the Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel, James A. Van Allen of the State University of Iowa, Chairman.

... winter conference of the GfW begins in Stuttgart. The main events of the conference: January 26, 1950: Lecture by Professor Dr. Werner Schaub: ''Das interplanetare Fahrwasser'' (The interplanetary fairway). The first ...

Strategic Air Command assigned responsibility for U.S. operational ICBM capabillty ; while the 672nd Strategic Missile Squadron, first to be equipped with USAF Douglas Thor . IRBM, was activated.

SPUTNIK I reentered the atmosphere and disintegrated. American Rocket Society and the Rocket and Satellite Research Panel issued a snmmary of their proposals for a National Space Establishment. Preferably independent of the Department of Defense, but in any event not under one of the military services, this establishment would be responsible for the 'broad cultural, scientific, and ...

In his state-of-the-Union message, President Eisenhower reported: "In recognition of the need for single control in some of our most advanced development projects, the Secretary of Defense has already decided to concentrate into one organization all antimissile and satellite technology undertaken within the Department of Defense."

James H. Doolittle, Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, announced that a special committee on space technology was formed on November 21, 1957.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA issued a staff study entitled "A National Research Program for Space Technology." Senator Lyndon B. Johnson in a CBS radio address urged the United States "to demonstrate its initiative before the United Nations by inviting all member nations to join in this adventure into outer space together."

4751st Air Defense Missile Wing to develop and conduct training program for Bomarc units, and the 864th Strategic Missile Squadron to be equipped with Jupiter missile Jupiter IRBM, were both activated.

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