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... . Senate agreed to conference report August 21. Became Public Law 85–766 on August 27, 1958. Appropriated $80 million to NASA.

July 2-8: First airship crossing of the Atlantic, by British R-34.

... option periods totaling nine years and five months, with a maximum potential value of $1.2 billion. ''Release C15-022'' '''NASA Awards Evaluations, Assessments, Studies, Services Support Contract''' - NASA has announced ... other sites as specified by each task order. The Evaluations, Assessments, Studies, Services and Support 2 contract will provide support for proposal evaluations, assessments and studies of programs and missions for ...

... the past, propellant tanks have been fabricated out of metals. The almost 8-foot-diameter (2.4 meter) composite tank tested at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala ...

Japanese Kappa-6tw two-stage rocket flown to 30-mile altitude over Michikawa Rocket Center , Japan.

First launching of a 10-inch diameter spherical rocket motor with spin stabilization, at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Wallops Island.

Second AF Thor-Able reentry test vehicle was launched, traveling 6,009 miles (no nose cone recovery).

Nose cone of Jupiter missile Jupiter missile successfully recovered after intermediate range flight.

Thor-Able reentry test vehicle made another successful 6,000-mile flight ; the nose cone and mouse passenger were not recovered. July 23-31: Feasibility of creating or destroying cloud formations by release of carbon black was established in tests conducted off Florida coast by the Navy Weather Service's Comdr. N. Brango and Dr. Florence Van Straten.

Senate established Standing Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

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