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Production Vanguard satellite (SLV-2) failed to orbit due to failure of second stage, but demonstrated structural integrity of tankage which with, stood pressure exceeding design values.

Gen. Thomas D. White, USAF, wrote James H. Doolittle, Chairman, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA : "There was regret at the passing of an agency that for 43 years has set the world's standard in aeronautical research. . . . There has always been for us in the Air Force, the knowledge that National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA was ready to help in any aerodynamic ...

Vanguard (SLV-3) reached 265 miles' altitude and was destroyed 9,200 miles downrange over Central Africa on reentry into the atmosphere. Boeing B-52D set a world distance in a closed-circuit record of 6,233.981 miles, with Lt. CoL V. L. Sandacz at the controls.

Pan American World Airways began regular daily jet service between New York and Paris using Boeing 707's.

World duration unofficial record attained by Navy F5L flying boat of 20 hours 19 minutes, with Lt. H. B. Grow as pilot.

Moscow Radio reported U.S.S.R. planned to explore moon wRh tank remotely controlled by radio, foresaw trips by man in 1 to 2 years, and reported formation of scientific team to devise satellite able to circle earth.

Naval Aircraft Factory at Philadelphia decommissioned, marking the passing of a name prominent in naval aviation since World War I. Naval Air Engineering Facility was established in its place to do research, engineering, design, development, and limited manufacturing of devices for launching and recovering aircraft and guided missiles.

''RELEASE: 11-124 NASA INVITES 150 LUCKY TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH'' WASHINGTON -- NASA invited 150 lucky people to a behind-the-scenes perspective from the press site at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Friday, April 29. The launch is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. EDT. The participants were selected randomly from more ...

''RELEASE: 12-131 NASA'S WISE CATCHES AGING STAR ERUPTING WITH DUST'' WASHINGTON -- Images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) reveal an old star in the throes of a fiery outburst and spraying the cosmos with dust. The findings offer a rare, real-time look at the process by which stars like our sun seed the universe with building blocks for other stars, planets and even life. ...

''RELEASE: 10-154'' ''NASA RETIRES FIRST DATA RELAY SATELLITE AFTER STELLAR CAREER'' WASHINGTON -- After a long and successful career providing communications support, NASA's groundbreaking Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) 1 is retiring. On Sunday, June 27, NASA will shut down the satellite that launched into orbit during space shuttle Challenger's maiden voyage (STS-6) in April 1983. ...

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