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SPUTNIK II , the world's second manmade satellite, launched by U.S.S.R. and remained in orbit until April 13, 1958, carrying a dog named " Laika ." It was the first vehicle to carry a living organism into orbit.

President Eisenhower in major address on science and security announced that scientists had solved the problem of ballistic missile reentry and showed the nose cone of an Army Jupiter-C missile which was intact after a flight through space. He announced the creation of the office of Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the appointment of James R. Killian, ...

Secretary of Defense McElroy directed the Department of the Army to launch a scientific satellite with the modified Jupiter-C test rocket. The satellite, carrying instruments selected by the National Academy of Sciences, would be a part of this country's contribution to the International Geophysical year IGY . William M. Holaday, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Guided Missiles, ...

SPUTNIK II ceased transmissions.

KC-135 tanker flown 6,350 miles from Westover AFB, Mass., to Buenos Aires, in 13 hours 2 minutes, by Gen. Curtis LeMay, a world record for nonstop nonrefueled jet flight.

President Eisenhower, in a speech on future security, proposed adoption of a formula for decisions on undertaking space projects, which would include the following criteria : "If the project is designed solely for scientific purposes, its size and its cost must be tailored to the scientific job it is going to do. If the project has some ultimate defense value, its urgency for this purpose is to ...

William M. Holaday, special assistant to the Secretary of Defense, was named Director of Guided Missiles by Secretary of Defense McElroy. Under terms of the Defense Department directive : "The Director of Guided Missiles will direct all activities in the DOD relating to research, development, engineering, production, and procurement of guided missiles."

The National Advisory Commlttee for Aeronautics authorized establishment of a special committee on space technology, headed by H. Guyford Stever. This committee would both supervise and help formulate a space research program and would be assisted by specialized subcommittees. Crawford Gordon of A.V. Roe Canada appoints Fred T. Smye as executive vice president of Avro Aircraft Ltd, Orenda ...

First hydrogen-fluorine rocket engine successfully operated at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Lewis Laboratory, demonstrating a 40-percent performance improvement over other propellant combinations.

USAF awarded contract for a surveillance satellite to Lockheed.

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