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Vanguard (TV-5) failed to orbit due to malfunction of minor components in the firing circuit of third stage.

U.S.S.R. fired a single-stage rocket to 294-mile altitude with 3,340 pounds of experiments for measuring ion composition of the atmosphere, pressure, temperature, micrometeorites, etc., according to the Soviet International Geophysical year IGY Committee.

Two-stage monorail rocket-propelled sled exceeded 2,700 mph at Holloman AFB .

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics held its final meeting, and invited Dr. T. Keith Glennan , newly appointed Administrator of NASA, to receive best wishes for the future.

Three weeks after NASA officially began operating, prospective contractors were invited to a briefing at NASA headquarters on development of 1½-million-pound-thrust engine. First launching of two USAF Bomarc missiles within less than 10 seconds of each other at Cape Canaveral ; launches signaled from SAGE at Kingston, N.Y., and both missiles scored successful intercepts against different ...

NASA formed new Special Committee on Life Sciences to provide advice on human factors, medical, and allied problems on NASA's manned space vehicle program.

House Rept. 1758, Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, “The National Space Program” published

Dr. Joseph S. Ames was elected Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA , to replace Dr. Charles Walcott, one of the original 12 members, who died in February.

Navy delivered XF2A-1 to Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA , which marked initiation of full-scale wind tunnel tests, which resulted in increasing speed of the XF2A-1 by 31 mph and led to utilization of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA testing of other high performance aircraft by both the Army and the Navy. Data ...

First European flight of aircraft powered solely with ramjet engine made in France, an air-launched Leduc which flew for 12 minues. Rene Leduc had worked with ramjet design since 1935.

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