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H. Con. Res. 332, introduced by Representative McCormack and referred to Foreign Affairs. Reported out May 23 (H. Rept. 1769). Passed the House under suspension of the rules June 2. Reported out by Senate Foreign Relations June 19 (S. Rept. 1728). Passed the Senate July 23, 1958. Called for the dedication of outer space to peaceful purposes.

... . H. Res. 580, introduced by Representative Albert and referred to Rules. Reported out May 29 (H. Rept. 1837). Passed the House July 21, 1958. Created a standing Committee on Science and Astronautics.

May 6-7: Lt. Comdr. M. Ross (USNR) and A. Mikesell (Naval Observatory) used open gondola STRATO-LAB balloon to reach 40,000-feet altitude from Crosby, Minn.; Mikesell becoming the first astronomer to observe stratosphere, and it was first flight in which crew remained in stratosphere in open basket after sunset.

May 14-17: Symposium on "Possible Uses of Earth Satellites for Life Sciences Experiments" held in Washington, D.C., under sponsorship of National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, and American Institute of Biological Science.

... preview the work to be done during the spacewalks in a briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 8, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Live coverage of the ... communications equipment for future dockings of commercial crew spacecraft. Media wishing to participate in the May 8 briefing in person must request credentials from the Johnson newsroom no later than 4 ... . Media interested in participating by phone must contact the newsroom by 1:45 p.m. May 8. Participating in the briefing are: Kenneth Todd, NASA’s International Space Station Operations integration ...

... within the habitable zone. The new results will be published in the journal Nature on 2 May 2016. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and K2, the Kepler spacecraft's second mission, will ... its planets later this year. Fortuitously, two of these planets are transiting the star on May 4, an event that happens only once every two years as seen from Earth. Astronomers ... , 2017. The data are expected to be available at the public archive the end of May 2017. K2 will observe tens of transits of the two close-in Earth-sized exoplanets ...

... Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Television will carry both events live. On Wednesday, May 4, at 2 p.m. EDT, the U.S. Postal Service will unveil two new stamps at ... 405. One stamp commemorates NASA's Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's historic launch on May 5, 1961 aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7. The second stamp honors NASA's MESSENGER , which ... will join Bolden at the stamps' unveiling and at a 50th anniversary ceremony on Thursday, May 5, at 9 a.m., at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. To cover the ...

... the victim as a star rich in helium gas. The star resides in a galaxy 2.7 billion light-years away. The team's results will appear in today's online ... core was lifted off a long time ago by the same black hole. The star may have been near the end of its life. After consuming most of its hydrogen fuel ...

... Washington. "Decision makers like power companies and water managers now are receiving these data, which may have immediate economic benefits." The mission is a collaboration between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Scientific findings from the two Explorer satellites disclosed an unexpected band of high-intensity radiation extending from 600 miles above earth to possibly an 8,000-mile altitude. The radiation was described by Dr. James A. Van Allen as "1,000 times as intense as could be attributed to cosmic rays." Responsibility for the Project Vanguard portion of the U.S.- International ...

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