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... . T. Keith Glennan signed proclamation declaring that "as of the close of business September 30, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been organized and is prepared to discharge the ... Federal Register, this proclamation instituted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as of October 1, 1958. First launching of an Exos sounding rocket in USAF-NASA joint effort from Wallops Island ...

... , and R. C. Callaway, Jr., Juno V Space Vehicle Development Program (Status Report-15 November 1958) ( Army Ballistic Missile Agency , November 15 ...

Trial firing of International Geophysical year IGY Vanguard (TV-3Bu) satellite failed at Cape Canaveral , Fla., 57 seconds after launch. S. Res. 256, introduced by Senator Johnson of Texas and others, and referred to Rules and Administration. Reported out February 5 (S. Rept. 1274). Passed the Senate February 6, 1958. Created a Special Committee on Space and Astronautics.

... are set to launch to the space station aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft Dec. 5 and return to Earth in May 2013. Marshburn, Hadfield and Romanenko are three of the ... interview opportunity, news media representatives must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7. To participate in the news conferences from a NASA center, U.S. journalists must call that center's public affairs office by 5 p.m. local time Wednesday, Sept. 12. To participate in the briefings by phone, media ...

U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge announced that United States would propose a plan for international cooperation in the exploration of outer space to the United Nations.

President Eisenhower appointed Detlev W. Bronk, president of the National Academy of Sciences; William A. AL Burden; James H. Doolittle; and Alan T. Waterman, Director of the NSF, to the National Aeronautics and Space Council. Additionally, the Space Council including the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Chairman of the AEC as statutory members.

The third of the Project Argus Argus small A-bomb detonations beyond the atmosphere was conducted over the South Atlantic. Instruments of EXPLORER IV satellite recorded and reported to ground stations resultant electron densities, subsequently reported by James A. Van Allen .

Black Knight missile of the United Kingdom was launched from the Australian range at Woomera to an altitude of over 300 miles.

Joint NASA- Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA Manned Satellite Panel established to make final recommendation for manned space flight program.

First senior staff meeting of the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) held, with Dr. T. Keith Glennan as Administrator, and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden as Deputy Administrator. KC-135 jet Stratotanker lifted 77,350-pound payload to an altitude of 1.25 miles. First use of Sidewinder aircraft rocket with heatseeker nose, by Chinese Nationalist F-86's over the ...

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