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British Government announced intention to purchase U.S. Lockheed Hudsons and North American Harvards for aerial reconnaissance and training purposes.

President Roosevelt signed the Civil Air Authority Act.

Sergei P. Korolev arrested and sentenced to 10 years.

Maurice K. Hanson delivers lecture to the BIS about the equipment needed for a lunar voyage.

Arthur C. Clarke writing to Sam Youd reveals he is now living at a four bedroom flat in Grays Inn Road in London. He anticipates it becoming the main meeting place for the BIS and the Science Fiction Association as well as the home of Novae Terrae .

Aviation Section became the Air--plane Division of the Army Signal Corps, and Maj. B. D. Foulois was appointed officer-in-charge on July 23.

Dr. C. Meisinger of the Weather Bureau and Lt. James T. Neely were killed by lightning in storm-riding balloon flight, near Monticello, Ill.

With test pilot J. F. Coleman at the controls, the Convair XFY-1, a vertical takeoff aircraft, made the first free vertical takeoff and landing at Moffett Naval Air Station, Mountain View, Calif.

''MEDIA ADVISORY M16-063'' '''NASA Announces Coverage, Media Activities for Juno Mission Arrival at Jupiter''' This Fourth of July, NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. News briefings, photo opportunities and other media events will be held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, and air live on NASA Television ...

S. Rept. 332, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, “Authorizing Appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,” published to accompany H.R. 7007, on fiscal year 1960 appropriations.

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