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USAF Chief of Staff, Nathan F. Twining, reported that ICBM's were receiving priority in the AF program because of known Soviet progress. Navaho , Snark , and Atlas programs accelerated.

Navy unmanned "flying bomb" successfully launched by catapult and flown for 1,000 yards at Sperry Flying Field, Long Island.

First four-engine jet bomber, the XB-45 built by North American, made first test flight at Muroc, Calif., with George Krebs as pilot. Its engines were arranged in pairs in single nacelles in each wing.

ONR Aerobee sounding rocket attained an altitude of 7S miles.

Talos missile powered by ramjet engine launched at Naval Ordnance Test Station, and operated 2 minutes in longest full-scale ramjet flight yet achieved.

Radio signals received from PIONEER IV from a distance of 408,620 miles from earth, a new communications record. The thrust chamber of the F-1 engine was successfully static-fired at the Santa Susana Air Force- Rocketdyne Propulsion Laboratory in California. More than one million pounds of thrust were produced, the greatest amount attained to that time in the United States. '' ...

''RELEASE: 12-072 NASA TO RELEASE NEW WOMEN@NASA VIDEOS IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH'' WASHINGTON -- NASA will release new Women@NASA video interviews at the Women, Aerospace and Innovation event on March 8. The event will take place at the George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium and Marvin Center in Washington, D.C., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST. The Women@NASA website ...

Arthur C. Clarke passes his Royal Air Force Physical, GR1, and is recommended to be a "radio mechanic".

H. Res. 500, introduced by Representative McCormack and referred to House Administration. Reported out March 19 (H. Rept. 1523). Passed the House March 19, 1958. Provided $100,000 for the expenses of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration.

William Leitch delivers a lecture on ballistics and artillery at the Parish Church Hall in Cupar Fife.

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