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Subcommittee of the Guided Missiles Committee of the JCS recommended that location be sought for a long-range missile proving ground.

Subsonic ramjet engine successfully flown in Navy Gorgon IV (PTV-2) in 28-minute flight test at Naval Air Missile Test Center. News of the so-called "Flying Disc" found at Roswell New Mexico makes the front page of British newspapers.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA met with USAF and Navy BuAer representatives to propose the X-15 as an extension of the cooperative rocket research aircraft program. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA proposal was accepted as a joint effort and a memorandum of understanding was signed on December 23 naming National Advisory Committee for ...

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

NASA Lewis Research Center operated a research model of an ion rocket in a newly completed electric-rocket test facility designed for basic investigations into the problems associated with a reliable ion rocket with a minimum life of 1 year.

Pravda in the Soviet Union runs a short story on Robert H. Goddard 's cartridge rocket.

''CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-004'' ''NASA SELECTS COMMERCIAL FIRMS TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF CREW TRANSPORTATION CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT USING RECOVERY ACT FUNDS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $50 million through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit. This step is the first taken ...

Release 15-148 '''NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights''' NASA has selected four astronauts to train and prepare for commercial spaceflights that will return American launches to U.S. soil and further open up low-Earth orbit transportation to the private sector. The selections are the latest major milestone in the Obama Administration’s plan to partner with U.S. ...

Arthur C. Clarke attends a Science Fiction Association meeting.

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